GLINKA FYODOR (1786-1880) Kareliya, ili Zatochenie Marfy Ioannovny Romanovoy: Opisatel’noe stikhotvorenie: v 4-kh ch. [Karelia, or the Imprisonment of Marfa Ioannovna Romanova] SPb.: u izdatel’ya, knigoprodavtsa Nepeitsyna, 1830.

VIII, 112 pp.; 8°. In Russian. In early 20th-century cardboard binding. In good condition. Foxing, library pocket, library numbers. The work describes events of the Time of Troubles. The mother of the future Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich, as a result of a conspiracy, is exiled to the Karelia region. A wandering monk helps her endure the exile, introducing her to the mythology and everyday life of Karelia and recounting the divine miracles occurring in the area. A.S. Pushkin himself acknowledged the breathtaking description of the Karelian region in his review. A bibliographic rarity. Bibliography: Rozanov. № 458.