Gift book "Old Petersburg", M.I. Pylyaev (in a case)

There are books whose relevance is not lost even after centuries. These include the work of M.I.Pylyaev "Old Petersburg. Stories from the former life of the capital", written in 1887. Few people managed to tell about St. Petersburg as easily and naturally as he, a famous journalist, local historian and life writer of the XIX century, who managed to turn the official history of the Russian capital into an incredibly fascinating story. With what efforts this beautiful city was created, what its inhabitants did, what houses they built, how they had fun, what they traded in the markets, what clothes they wore, what jokes they told - with the help of all these lovingly collected touches and details by Pylyaev, he managed to create a unique look of the northern capital.