[Bolkhovitikov Е.] Historical Essay on Old Christian Public Worship in General and Russian Liturgical Chant in Particular St.

Petersburg, Holy Synod Press, 1804. 26 pages. Commencement address delivered by the Russian historian, archivist and and bibliographer Evfimy Bolkhovitinov, Metropolitan Evgeny (1767-1837), while a professor at the Voronezh Seminary. The work was first published in Voronezh in 1799, but failed to win recognition in Saint Petersburg and was re-published there in 1804. Leather spine, patterned paper. Bookplates of К.Soloviev and К.Goleizovsky. 24х19.5сm., in satisfactiry condition: bindings rubbed, first and last pages glued, some staining. The edition is of historical importance. Rare.