CRAMER CARL GOTTLOB (1758-1817) Zhizn', mneniya i strannyya priklyucheniya Erazma Shleykhera, stranstvuyushchago mekhanika. [Leben und Meinungen, auch seltsamliche Abenteuer Ersmus Schleichers, eines reisenden Mechanikus]: Translated from German [by D.I. Yazykov]: [in 2 parts]. Moscow: v Universitetskoy tipografii u Lyubi, Gariya i Popova, 1802.

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Part 1. — XIX, [1], 369, [1] p.; Part 2. — VII, [1], 295, [1] p.; 18x11 cm. Dedication (unsigned) to N.S. Artsybashev (p. III, Part 1), dedication by the translator P.P. Chikhachev: "Prochti, moy drug, plod moyego bezdel'ya. Est' li strogiye kritiki na menya opolchat'sya: to ty budesh' moim advokatom!" ["Read, my friend, the fruit of my idleness. If strict critics come after me, you will be my advocate!"] (p. III, Part 2). Each volume in period full leather binding. In good condition. Minor rubbing to the bindings, traces of moisture, small losses of leather fragments on the edges of the covers, some stains in the blocks, library stamps on the title page and reverse of the title page (Part 1, 2), upper part of title page trimmed (Part 1, 2), fragment of free endpaper cut out (Part 2), bookseller's sticker on the flyleaf (Part 1). Inscription on the title page of each part: "Carl Bok". Carl Gottlob Cramer (1758-1817) — a German writer, author of popular knightly and robber novels. The first Russian edition of the author's most famous adventure novel, translated into almost all European languages. Bibliography: SK XIX. No. 4022.