Lot 4831
  • 4831

Zhdanov, Prokhor Ivanovich (d. 1802).

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Angliska grammatika [English grammar]. St Petersburg: Naval Cadet Corps, 1772
8vo (198 x 114mm.), [8], 104, 304, [12]pp., binding: contemporary calf-backed boards, very slight worming at beginning and end, binding slightly rubbed

Provenance

Presented to the Earl of Macclesfield by William Tooke (1744-1820), chaplain to the British Factory at St Petersburg, in 1784

Literature

Drage 220; ESTC t213271

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

first edition of Zhdanov's English grammar, designed for students at the Naval Cadet Corps, where Zhdanov was a teacher. It was preceded only by Permskii's English grammar of 1766.