Exclusive book «Description of Kiev»

This collector’s edition offered features an exquisite and luxurious classic style. The hard leather cover of this book is provided with copper plates, as well as gilding, silvering, and coloured enamel inserts among relief and blind embossing. It comes with a branded gift case, which serves as an exclusive addition while fully matching the copy’s theme. The book features a ribbon for more comfortable reading. The copy is beautifully illustrated, containing many black-and-white photographs, drawings, diagrams, maps and charts. This is a reprint of the old manuscript dated 1868.

This book is authored by Mykola Zakrevsky, who was a famous Ukrainian historian, folklorist and ethnographer, as well as a linguist and archaeologist. The book richly presents his abundant creative heritage. Zakrevsky devoted almost his entire life studying the history of the foundation, formation and development of Kyiv. In his work, he described in detail the ancient history of the city, starting as early as before the adoption of Christianity; he also made a detailed topographic and landscape description with an indication of all the architectural objects and streets.

This prestigiously designed edition will certainly interest a person passionate about the history of his nation and its capital city in particular. The book will effectively enrich your own library or become an unrivalled gift for loved ones, friends and colleagues for any celebration.

Characteristics:
Height: 288 mm
Width: 203 mm
Material: Full-leather binding, copper, silver and gold coating
Illustrations: black-and-white
Author: Mykola Zakrevsky