SHISHKOV ALEXANDER (1754-1841) Zapiski, mneniya i perepiska admirala A.S. Shishkova; [Memoirs, Opinions, and Correspondence of Admiral A.S. Shishkov] edited by N. Kiselyev and Yu. Samarin: [in 2 volumes]. Berlin: B. Behrs Buchhandlung; tip. I.S. Skreishovskogo v Prage, 1870.

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Vol. 1: [Zapiski (1780-1814); Pis'ma k zhene (1813-1814); Prilozheniya]. - [8], 480, IV pp.; Vol. 2: [Domashnie zapiski (1808-1820); Zapiski (1824-1826); Stat'i; Pis'ma (1810-1840); Ukazatel]. - IV, [4], 464, [3] pp.; 25.5x17 cm. Both volumes in blank owner's full calf bindings from the mid-20th century. In good condition. Minor foxing in the text blocks, owner's inscription on the title pages "L. Shishkov." Presumably, the copy was given to the Russian chemist and professor Leon Nikolaevich Shishkov (1830-1908). Bibliography: Knigokhranilishche S.R. Mintslova. No. 634.