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MENDELEEV, Dmitrii (1834-1907). K poznaniiu Rossii: S prilozheniem karty Rossii [To the Cognition of Russia: With Attached Map of Russia]. St Petersburg: Tipo-lit. M.P. Frolovoi, 1906.
Inscribed copy of the rare first edition of Mendeleev’s principal contribution to economics, one of the most important works in contemporary Russian economic thought. The economic development of Russia was Mendeleev’s main preoccupation and focus in his last years. He wrote this book after the first Russian revolution of 1905, relying on the data of the First Imperial Census of 1897, setting out a remarkably accurate prediction of the problem Russian society would encounter throughout the 20th century. He offers a unifying vision with the promotion of industrial entrepreneurship at its centre, seeing infrastructures as the key to progress and integration, and the formula of cooperative association as the most sustainable model for industrial development. The map, interestingly ‘vertical’, suggests a re-shaping of the territorial administrative division.
Octavo (250 x 170mm). With folding engraved map of Russia (repaired tear to the map, minor blemishes to the margins in a few pages). Contemporary boards (spine chipped in places). Provenance: Dmitrii Mendeleev (inscription to unknown recipient to title).
Inscribed copy of the rare first edition of Mendeleev’s principal contribution to economics, one of the most important works in contemporary Russian economic thought. The economic development of Russia was Mendeleev’s main preoccupation and focus in his last years. He wrote this book after the first Russian revolution of 1905, relying on the data of the First Imperial Census of 1897, setting out a remarkably accurate prediction of the problem Russian society would encounter throughout the 20th century. He offers a unifying vision with the promotion of industrial entrepreneurship at its centre, seeing infrastructures as the key to progress and integration, and the formula of cooperative association as the most sustainable model for industrial development. The map, interestingly ‘vertical’, suggests a re-shaping of the territorial administrative division.
Octavo (250 x 170mm). With folding engraved map of Russia (repaired tear to the map, minor blemishes to the margins in a few pages). Contemporary boards (spine chipped in places). Provenance: Dmitrii Mendeleev (inscription to unknown recipient to title).
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