No 100095
CHURCH SLAVONIC
RUSSIAN BOOK OF HOURS
Kiev, Kievopecerskaija Lavra, 1739.
Preface by Archmandrit Roman. Dedicated to Empress Anna Ivanovna (1730-1740). Contemporary full calf. Spine richly gilt. Four raised binds. All edges gilt, cicelled. Old owners notations on blanks. Full page cuts. Size: 80 x 120 mm. Prayers and short hymns (Troparies) for the Russian Orthodox Church Year (September-August).
Price: 3200 USD

No 3021
CHURCH SLAVONIC
EVANGELIE NAPRESTOLNOE
Lvov, 1704.
Printed at the Lvov Uspensk brotherhood. Folio. 424 leaves (complete). 57 engravings, four full page of the apostles (engraved by Zavadovsky, dated 1681, 1682, 1683).Contemporary satin on wooden boards. 
Ref: KARATAEV 1007. ZAPASKO - ISAEVICH No 795.
Price: 11900 USD

No 4373 Slides
CHURCH SLAVONIC
EVANGELIE NAPRESTOLNOE
Lvov, 1665 Printed at the the printing house of Michael Slyozka, which operated in Lvov 1638-1667.
Over 50 Orthodox and Catholic editions of religious books were printed by this house, all in Church Slavonic and Latin. The Reneaisance art style was reflected in the artistic decoration of books made by Slyozka. Folio, 424 leaves. 25 illustrations (7 full page), numerous large enfangs. Wooden boards covered with later satin, contemporary metal straps depicting the Evangelists. Complete copy in an unusually fine condition, white and crisp paper, only a small number of leaves w. thumbing spots, a few leaves repaired w. no loss of text. Sharp images throughout. As this kind of service books were much used, the condition of this copy is extraordinary. Bibliographic reference: ZAPASKO - ISAEVICH no. 421, Karataev no. 739
Price: 17900 USD

No 100097
CHURCH SLAVONIC
RUSSIAN MINIATURE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT.
N.p., n.d. Ca 1800.
20 leaves. Three full page miniatures (one with small hole in paper), one large initial in red and yellow. Three colored headpieces.
Size: 53 mm x 82 mm. Contemporary repaired calf. Loose.
Price: 2525 USD

No 100091
CHURCH SLAVONIC
PSALTIR
Kiev, Kievopecerskaija Lavra, 1729.
4to. (1) + (16) + 242 leaves. Psaltir in Church-Slavonic. Printed in red and black, engraved plates by Georgie. First 30 leaves with owners notations in lower margin (dated 1733). Contemporary blind stamped calf on wooden boards. On dark red center of front cover ornament of Golgata. Old repairs to title and a few leaves. Lacking clasps. Occasional soiling and staining throughout, but overall very well preserved.
Price: 4780 USD

No 4372 Slides
CHURCH SLAVONIC
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT - THE LADDER OF DIVINE ASCENT
Saint John Climacus (c. 525 - 606). Circa 1800.
Beautiful manuscript, neatly handwritten- Initials mostly in red, some in green and yellow. Fullpage colored illumination depicting Climacus The Ladder (The Ladder of Divine Ascent), showing monks ascending and falling from the ladder to heaven, with Jesus at the upper right helping them. The treatise is a guide for practicing a life wholly devoted to God. The ladder metaphor is used to describe how one may ascend into heaven by first renouncing the world and finally ending up in heaven with God. The treatise follow a progression that transitions from start (renunciation of the world) to finish (a life lived in love) by a series of thirty steps. The Ladder is one of the most widely read books among Orthodox Christians, especially during the season of Great Lent which immediately precedes Pascha (Easter). Contemporary full leather over wooden boards, blind stamped w. clasps intact. Very well preserved, occasional minor soiling to lower outer margins. 320 leaves on paper.
Price: 3900 USD

No 4366 Slides
CHURCH SLAVONIC
TRIODION - TRIOD PISNA
Lvov, Uspenske Bratstvo (The Uspensk Brotherhood), 1689-90. By the Ukrainian printer Semenom Stavnitsky.
Bibliographic reference: ZAPASKO - ISAEVICH no. 653.
Folio, contemporary full leather over wooden boards.
Complete copy. 438 leaves incl. title. 17 illustrations (13 big or full page and 4 smaller or half page).
A very good complete copy, some candle light spotting along with thumbing in lower outer margins due to use of the service book. Photos on request.
Price: 8900 USD

No 4370 Slides
CHURCH SLAVONIC
TRIODION - TRIOD PISNA
Lvov, Uspenske Bratstvo, 1717
The printer was the well known Ukrainian printer Stavnytsky Petro, in an edition of 1200 copies. Complete copy, 436 leaves, illustrated with 16 engravings by the native artists Nikodim, Vasil and Georgy.
The book is lithurgical, consists of a prayer book for Lenten days. "Triod" means "threesongster", canons with three songs instead of the usual nine. The book was commonly used by the Orthodox and Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine.
Folio. Contemporary leather over wooden boards. Usual spotting, thumbing in lower outer margins, candle light spots here and there, some leaves with old repairs. Overall a well preserved and complete copy.
Bibliographic reference: ZAPASKO - ISAEVICH 928
Price: 6900 USD

No 2325
Lomonosov, Mikhail
KRATKOE RUKOVODSTVO K KRASNORECHIYO...RITORIKA...
St Petersburg, Akademii Nauk, 1797.
7 th edition. 312 pp. Contemporary full calf. Repaired title. Repaired upper outer margin to 3/4 of the text block. Lomonosovs manual which contains the famous rhetoric. See KILGOUR 654.
Price: 3700 USD

No 3145
NOVIYA EZHEMESYACHNIYA SOCHINENIYA ....1790 goda
St. Peterburg, 1790 6 issues, July - December 1790, of the periodical journal. Diverse topics. Separate titles to all except the July issue. Uncut, very fine. 6 volumes.
1800 USD