Russian Art
Oct 27, 2020
Le Park Palace Avenue de la Costa 98000, Monaco
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LOT 220:
IAKINF (BICHURIN NIKITA JAKOVLEVICH; 1777-1853)
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Start price:
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1,500
Estimated price:
1500€-1700€
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IAKINF (BICHURIN NIKITA JAKOVLEVICH; 1777-1853)
The history of the first four khans of the house of Genghis; [comp.] and translated from the
Chinese by the monk Iakinf. SPb.: print. Carl Craj, 1829. - XVI, 440, [1] p.; 21, 5x14 cm. Missing
map. In a semi-leather bound of the time. Gold-embossed spine. Pale stains at the beginning and end
of the block, pre-revolutionary inv. numbers, stamps, bookplates and stickers on the spine.
Iakinf (in the world N.I. Bichurin; 1777-1853) - Archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church (in
the years 1802-1823); orientalist and traveler, an expert of Chinese language, the first Russian sinologist,
Europe-wide known.
Bibliography: Solovyov, catalogue No. 100: ‘Rare books.’ No. 106.
One of the rarest editions of the author.
