ZHURAVLYOV ANDREI (1751-1813) Polnoe istoricheskoe izvestie o drevnikh strigol'nikakh, i novykh raskol'nikakh, tak nazyvaemykh, staroobryadtsakh, o ikh uchenii, delakh i razglasiyakh; Sobrannoe iz potaennykh staroobryadcheskikh predanii, zapisok i pisem, tserkvi Soshestviya Svyatogo Dukha, chto na Bol'shoy Okhte, protoiereem Andreem Ioannovym,[Complete Historical Account of the Ancient Strigolniks and the New Schismatics, the So-Called Old Believers, Their Teachings, Actions, and Declarations] – 3rd ed., corrected, expanded, and supplemented. St. Petersburg.: pri Imp. Akademii nauk, 1799

. [Ch. 1]. - [2], III, [1], 108 s., [1] l. il.; [Ch. 2]. - 109-204 s., [4] l. il.; [Ch. 3]. - 205-264 s., [2] l. il.; [Ch. 4]. - 265-434 s., [5] l. il.; 8°. Engraved illustrations on separate sheets. In full leather binding of the period, spine gilded, label with the title of the publication. In good condition. Minor scuffing of the binding, tears in the leather of the spine. Label with number on the upper cover and spine, number on the lower edge, pre-revolutionary stamp on the title page, numbers on the title page, notes on the endpaper, rare stains and foxing. Andrey Ivanovich (Ioannovich) Zhuravlyov (better known as Andrey Ioannov; 1751-1813) – Archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church, a prominent figure in the Old Believers' movement, historian of Old Believers. Initially an Old Believer himself, he belonged to the priestless sect of the Fedoseevtsy. After joining the Orthodox Church, he was ordained a priest and in 1787 was appointed the priest of the Bolshaya Okhta cemetery church in St. Petersburg. First published in 1794, "Complete Historical Account of the Old Believers" is the first comprehensive history of the schism. The book has been reprinted several times, with the latest, 6th edition, published in 1890. The work contains detailed information about various branches of Old Believers and sectarian organizations, describes territories settled by schismatics, their settlements and villages, churches and monasteries located there, and describes their customs. Bibliography: SK XVIII. No. 2279; Obolyaninov. No. 1096.