Svod diestvuiushchikh ustavov zhieleznodorozhnykh obshchestv. (Po 1-e iiulia 1881 g.) Spb., Izdanie Ministerstva putei soobshcheniia, 1881. III, 3, II, 3, 1200 p., 24 tables with statistics, index. €1250,00
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Elephant folio, half-leather binding of the period, carefully restored by a leading German paper expert. First three pages are carefully restored. No loss to the text.
Boxed in a contemporary deluxe custom made box, signed and numbered by Master-Binder 'RW'. VERY GOOD. VERY RARE.

Marginalia in black ink through the text and in a legible hand of the period. Some calculations in numbers exceeding hundreds of thousands of rubles. In all probability a working copy from the desk of one of the high ranking CEOs or Ministry officials at the Ministry of Railway Communications of Imperial Russia.

An excellent gift to a CEO of larger Russian corporation. A must for a larger corporate reference library of Russian railways.An important addition to a major academic institution or Railways museum in Russia.

Provenance: Ministry of Railways of Imperial Russia, Accounting Department Reference library, with two larger magnificent and clear blue rubber stamps. Stored in Alexanderheim, Berlin, Germany from ca. 1925 till 1960s. Gentleman´s library, Berlin, Germany. Bought from private estate in Berlin by russica-book-and-art.com (2012)