‎FERRIER, A.‎
‎La Russie. - [RARE EARLY GUIDEBOOK TO RUSSIA]‎

‎Bruxelles, Hauman et Cie, 1841. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spine. Wear to extremities, boards with scratches and head of spine chipped. Internally nice and clean. (4), 214 pp. + 1 frontispiece, 1 folded map of Russia and 1 folded coloured map of Saint Petersburg.‎

Reference : 62756

‎Exceedingly rare first edition of Alexandre Ferrier guidebook on Russia containing customs regulations (what may be imported into Russia), timetables for steamships from Le Havre and Lübeck, advice on how and where best to exchange foreign currency for Russian banknotes (preferably Dutch guilders), a list of ancient manuscripts held in the Public Library, and a wealth of other details on a wide range of aspects of public and private life. The author Alexandre Ferrier (1810–?), writer and member of the French Statistical Society and the Parisian Geographical Society, traveled through Russia in 1840.‎