TATISHCHEV -- DRUKOVTSOV, Sergei Vasil'evich (1731-1786; ed.). Dukhovnaia Vasiliia Nikiticha Tatishcheva cynu ego Evgrafu Vasil'evichu. [The Testament of Vasilii Tatishchev to his son Evgraf Vasill'evich.] St. Petersburg: [Sukhoputn. kad. korpus,] 1773. 8° (195 x 120mm). (Some tears in the gutter, some mostly marginal soiling.) Near contemporary Russian half-calf (spine-foot chipped, corners rubbed, scuffed). Provenance: a contemporary Russian reader (inscriptions on endpapers).
FIRST EDITION, published from a manuscript copy of the original composed in 1733. Bitovt 1770; SK 7160; Sopikov 3503.
TATISHCHEV -- DRUKOVTSOV, Sergei Vasil'evich (1731-1786; ed.). Dukhovnaia Vasiliia Nikiticha Tatishcheva cynu ego Evgrafu Vasil'evichu. [The Testament of Vasilii Tatishchev to his son Evgraf Vasill'evich.] St. Petersburg: [Sukhoputn. kad. korpus,] 1773. 8° (195 x 120mm). (Some tears in the gutter, some mostly marginal soiling.) Near contemporary Russian half-calf (spine-foot chipped, corners rubbed, scuffed). Provenance: a contemporary Russian reader (inscriptions on endpapers).
FIRST EDITION, published from a manuscript copy of the original composed in 1733. Bitovt 1770; SK 7160; Sopikov 3503.
![TATISHCHEV -- DRUKOVTSOV, Sergei Vasil'evich (1731-1786; ed.). Dukhovnaia Vasiliia Nikiticha Tatishcheva cynu ego Evgrafu Vasil'evichu. [The Testament of Vasilii Tatishchev to his son Evgraf Vasill'evich.] St. Petersburg: [Sukhoputn. kad. korpus,] 1773. 8° (195 x 120mm). (Some tears in the gutter, some mostly marginal soiling.) Near contemporary Russian half-calf (spine-foot chipped, corners rubbed, scuffed). Provenance: a contemporary Russian reader (inscriptions on endpapers).](https://devapim.christies.com/uat/lot-images/5327669/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05475_0335_000(tatishchev_--_drukovtsov_sergei_vasilevich_dukhovnaia_vasiliia_nikitic072527).jpg?maxwidth=3840)