Tastevin a Translator (3 results)

Condition: Good. Folio. 29.5 x 38cm. Original gilt maroon cloth, rubbed on edges. Unpaginated. 27 pages, 25 unnumbered leaves of collotype (phototypie) plates.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:319705355.Facing the Kremlin, the northeast side of Red Square is occupied by the famous Goum department store. Chosen during a competition launched in 1888, the architect Alexander Nikanorovich Pomantsev replaced the shopping arcades which occupied this location with a large building whose monumental facade is clad in Finnish granite, marble and sandstone. With its multiple decorative details borrowed from traditional practice, its design evokes Russian architecture of the 16th and 17th centuries and illustrates the pseudo-Russian taste that Pomantsev was fond of and which was also illustrated in the Igoumov house in the same years. Part of a desire to move away from European academic architecture, this taste intended to revive national practices. With its two small spiers framing the central pavilion (visible on the right in the photograph), the facade of the Goum also refers to the National History Museum, built from 1874 to 1883 on the same square in the same pseudo-Russian style.The interior, on the other hand, has a completely different appearance and is covered by a glass and metal structure which echoes the Crystal Palace built in London for the 1851 exhibition. These "new passages", as the legend calls them on the glass plate, became in 1921, by the will of Lenin, the first Soviet department store before housing administration offices in the 1930s then returning to their store function in 1953.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1897 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 100 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 100 Language: French.…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Langue : Français. Environ 100 pages. Français : Réimpression à la demande. Édition originale : 1897. Ouvrage en français. Ce guide médical, publié à l'occasion du XIIᵉ Congrès international de médecine tenu à Moscou en 1897, offre un aperçu des pratiques et connaissances médicales de l'époque. Il reflète les échanges scientifiques entre professionnels de santé internationaux. Images du livre non contractuelles English: Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1897. Text in French. This medical guide, published for the 12th International Medical Congress held in Moscow in 1897, provides an overview of medical practices and knowledge of the time. It reflects the scientific exchanges between international healthcare professionals. Book images are non-contractual.…