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Lot #
21431
Auction End Date
8/12/2008 12:44:30 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
The Jewish Question in Russia
Author
[First Ed.] Prince Demidoff San Donato
City
London
Publisher
Darling & Son
Publication Date
1884
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
First English edition. X, 110 pp., 211:137 mm., usual light age staining, wide margins. A very good copy bound inthe original green cloth boards.
Detailed
Description
Dealing with a period consuming question, translated by J. Mitchell. The Prince employed many Jews in his industries and studied them extensively. The Demidov family, also Demidoff, were probably the richest Russian people after the Tsar in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Their progenitor, Demid Antufiev, was a free blacksmith from Tula, where their family necropolis is preserved as a museum. His son Nikita Demidov (March 26, 1656 - November 17, 1725) made his fortune by his skill in the manufacture of weapons, and established an iron foundry for the government. Peter the Great, with whom he was a favorite, ennobled him to princely status in 1720. For two centuries, the Demidov plants produced a large portion of Russia's iron and steel. The Palace of Westminster was one of many notable buildings constructed of Demidov metal products.
Reference
Description
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demidov
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:
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Location
England:
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Characteristic
First Editions:
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Language:
English
Manuscript Type
Kind of Judaica
