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Pavel Svinyin (1787 - 1839)
Достопамятности Санктпетербурга и его окрестностейDescription des objets les plus remarquables de St. Petersbourg et de ses environs / par Paul Svignine. 1816
RCIN 1141248
Pavel Svinyin (1787 - 1839)
??????????????? ??????????????? ? ??? ???????????? Description des objets les plus remarquables de St. Petersbourg et de ses environs / par Paul Svignine 1816
Pavel Svinyin (1787 - 1839)
??????????????? ??????????????? ? ??? ???????????? Description des objets les plus remarquables de St. Petersbourg et de ses environs / par Paul Svignine 1816
Pavel Svinyin (1787 - 1839)
??????????????? ??????????????? ? ??? ???????????? Description des objets les plus remarquables de St. Petersbourg et de ses environs / par Paul Svignine 1816
Pavel Svinyin (1787 - 1839)
??????????????? ??????????????? ? ??? ???????????? Description des objets les plus remarquables de St. Petersbourg et de ses environs / par Paul Svignine 1816
Pavel Svinyin (1787 - 1839)
??????????????? ??????????????? ? ??? ???????????? Description des objets les plus remarquables de St. Petersbourg et de ses environs / par Paul Svignine 1816
Pavel Svinyin (1787 - 1839)
??????????????? ??????????????? ? ??? ???????????? Description des objets les plus remarquables de St. Petersbourg et de ses environs / par Paul Svignine 1816
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Before the work done by Granville, an Italian/Englishman visiting St Petersburg, the lack of a decent guidebook had been noticed, and restitution made, by a native Russian, Pavel (Paul) Svinyin. Svinyin had served at the Russian Consulate in Philadelphia 1811–13, and had already published works on Moscow and St Petersburg in English, but felt that St Petersburg – home of the Emperor Alexander, the pacifier of Europe – required more detail. Most works on Russia had been written by foreigners, he complained, and thus were lacking in accuracy; a Russian author should be able to do a better job. In order to render the book more palatable, he proposed adding an engraving to each section, to illustrate in pictures what was described in words. The text was printed in both Russian and French, in order to make the work useful to native readers as well as foreign visitors.
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Acquired by George III for his Windsor Library (WL 56)
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