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Dolgorukov

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(Prince Ivan Michael) Bytie Serdtsa Moego, [The Rythm of my Heart], first edition, a few ink stamps (including 1 at foot of title), water-staining to lower margins, lightly foxed throughout, contemporary calf, red morocco label to spine, worn, but holding firm, 8vo, Moscow, 1802.

***A rare work; unknown to the standard bibliographers. Dolgorukov was a scion of one of Russia's most ancient families and served as Governor of Samarkand. He was a friend of the poet, playwright and diplomat Aleksander Sergeyevich Griboyedov..

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