HISTORY.
General.
*Brosset (M. F.), Histoire de la Géorgie (two volumes of Georgian text, and six volumes of French translation and notes). S. Pbg. (Acad. Scient.), 1849–58. 4to. M. Brosset has written a great many books and articles on Georgian history, published by the Imperial Academy of Sciences in S. Pbg.; some of them may still be purchased. Cf. Bibliographie analytique des ouvrages de M. Marie-Félicité Brosset ... par M. Laurent Brosset. S. Pbg., 1887.
Joselian (Plato), Istoriya gruzinskoi tserkvi. S. Pbg., 1843. Translated into English under the title of “A Short History of the Georgian Church,” translated from the Russian by the Rev. S. C. Malan. London, 1866. 8vo.
—— ——, Razlichniya naimenovaniya Gruzin (On the various Appellations of the Georgians). Tiflis, 1846. 12mo.
—— ——, Istorichskii vzglad na sostoyanie drevnei Gruzii (Historical glance at the condition of ancient Georgia). In Zhurnal Ministerstva narodn. Prosv. S. Pbg., 1843. Cf. also his periodical Zakavkazskii Vestnik from 1845. Tiflis.
Baratov (Prince Sulkhan), Istoriya Gruzii. S. Pbg., 1865, &c. 8vo.
David (Tsarevich of Georgia), Kratkaya istoriya o Gruzii. S. Pbg., 1805. 12mo.
Barataiev, Numizmatichskie fakti Gruzinskavo tsarstva (Georgian numismatics). S. Pbg., 1844. 8vo.
Villeneuve (de), La Géorgie. Paris, 1870. 8vo.
Breitenbauch (Georg Aug. von), Geschichte der Staaten von Georgien. Memmingen, 1788. Thin 8vo.
Reineggs (Jacob), Kurzer Auszug der Geschichte von Georgien. Published in P. S. Pallas’s Neue Nordische Beitraege, III. Bd., S. Pbg., 1781. 8vo.
*Evgeny (Bolkovitinov, Metropolitan of Kiev), Georgien, oder historisches Gemaelde von Grusien, aus dem Russischen uebers. von F. Schmidt. Riga, 1804. 8vo. A capital little book.
Malcolm (Sir John), History of Persia. 2nd edition. London, 1829. 8vo.
Fraser, An Historical and Descriptive Account of Persia. Edinburgh, 1834. 12mo.
Kazem-Beg, Derbend Nâmeh, or the History of Derbend. Translated from the Turkish (into English). S. Pbg., 1851. 4to.
Early History.
Ditmar (T. J.), Von den kaukasischen Voelkern der mythischen Zeit. Berlin, 1789. 8vo.
Ritter (Carl), Die Vorhalle Europaeischer Voelkergeschichten vor Herodotus, um den Kaukasus und an den Gestaden des Pontus, eine Abhandlung zur Alterthumskunde. Berlin, 1820. 8vo. The copy in the British Museum is lettered “Ritter’s Wahnsinn,” and we must own that we think the book more interesting than instructive.
Neumann (Carl), Die Hellenen im Skythenlande. Berlin, 1855. 8vo.
Shea (D.), Mīr Khwānd. History of the Early Kings of Persia from Kaiomars to ... Alexander the Great. London. Oriental Translation Fund. 1832. 8vo.
Procopius, De bello persico ... De bello gothico. Continued down to 560 A.D. by Agathias.
Constantinus Porphyrius (X. cent, A.D.), De administrando imperio.
Boyer, De muro caucasico. In vol. i. of Comment. de l’Acad. de Sciences. S. Pbg.
Polybius, De bello persico. Lib. i., cap. xii. et passim.
Ruffinus, Historia ecclesiastica. Lib. i., cap. x. Conversion of Georgia.
Saint-Martin (Jean Antoine), Mémoires historiques et géographiques sur l’Arménie. 2 tom. Paris, 1818 and 1819. 8vo.
Ashik (Anton), Bosforskoye Tsarstvo s yevo paleografichskimi i nadgrobnimi pamyatnikami, raspisnimi vasami, planami, kartami i vidami (The Kingdom of the Bosphorus, with its paleographic and monumental remains, inscribed vases, plans, maps, and views). Odessa, 1848–49. Three parts. 4to.
Neumann (C. F.), Elisha Vartabed. The History of Vartan, and of the battles of the Armenians. 1830. 8vo. And Vahram’s Chronicle of the Armenian Kingdom in Cilicia. 1831. 8vo. Published by Oriental Translation Fund. London.
D’Ohsson (Chév.), Des peuples du Caucase au Xe. siècle. Paris, 1828.
Lebeau (Charles), Histoire du Bas Empire. Corrigée et augm. par M. de Saint-Martin et continuée par M. Brosset jeune. 20 tom. Paris, 1824–36. 8vo.
Vivien de Saint-Martin (Louis), Recherches sur les populations primitives et les plus anciennes traditions du Caucase. Paris, 1847. 8vo.
Stritter (J. G.), Memoriæ populorum olim ad Danubium, Pontum Euxinum, Paludem Mæotidem, Caucasum, Mare Caspium, et inde magis ad Septentriones, incolentium, e scriptoribus Historiæ Byzantinæ erutæ et digestæ. Petropoli, 1771–79. 4 vols. 4to. (Vol. iv. refers to Georgian History.)
Modern History.
Klaproth (J. von), Aperçu des entreprises des Mongols en Géorgie ... dans le XIII. siècle. Paris, 1833. 8vo.
Comte L. S. (? Seristori), Memoria sulle colonie del Mar Nero nei secoli di mezzo. 26 pp. 8vo. (n. d.) An account of the Genoese trading colonies.
Dorn (B.), Beitraege zur Geschichte der Kaukasischen Laender und Voelker, aus morgenlaendischen Quellen. Esp. III. Bd. (Geschichte der Georgier), which contains a work by a Mahometan writer named Iskender Munshi, and a History of the Szafid Dynasty; it deals with the period 1540–1663. Acad. Scient. S. Pbg., 1844. 4to.
*Perepiska na inostrannikh yazikakh gruzinskikh tsarei s rosiiskimi gosudaryami ot 1639 g. do 1770 g. (Correspondence in foreign languages between the Kings of Georgia and the Sovereigns of Russia from 1639 to 1770.) Acad. Scient. S. Pbg., 1861. 4to.
Hanway (Jonas), The Revolutions of Persia during the present century (being the second volume of the Historical Account of the British trade over the Caspian). 2nd edition. London, 1754. 4to.
Der allerneueste Staat von Casan ... Georgien und vieler andern dem Czaren, Sultan und Schach ... unterthanen Tartarn Landschaften ... Nuernberg, 1724. 8vo.
Van der Quelle (Philander—pseudonym), Leben und Thaten des persischen Monarchen Schach Nadyr. Leipzig, 1738. 8vo.
Peyssonnel (French Consul in Smyrna), Histoire des Troubles dans la Géorgie. (? Paris, 1754.) 8vo. Translated into German, also into English as a continuation of Hanway’s History. London, 1756. 4to.
Ouosk' Herdjan (Jean), Mémoire pour servir à l’histoire des événemens qui ont eu lieu en Arménie et en Géorgie à la fin du XVIIIe. siècle et au commencement du XIXe. Trad. de l’arménien par J. Klaproth. Paris, 1818. 8vo.
Cirbied (J.), Histoire arménienne; details sur les changements politiques en Géorgie et en Arménie dans les premières années du XIXe. siècle. (? Paris, 1818.) 8vo.
Rottiers (Col.), Notice biographique sur Marie, dernière reine de Géorgie. Journal Asiatique. Tom. 10. Paris, 1827.
*Zubov, Podvigi russkikh voisk v stranakh kavkazskikh v 1810–34 (The Exploits of the Russian Army in the Caucasian Countries from 1810 to 1834). S. Pbg., 1835–36. Ten vols. 8vo. With portraits and plans.
——, Kartina voini s Persieiu (A Picture of the War with Persia). S. Pbg., 1834. 8vo.
Fonton (Félix de), La Russie dans l’Asie Mineure. Histoire de la campagne du Maréchal Paskewitch. Paris, 1831. 8vo. With atlas.
Urquhart (David), Progress and Present Position of Russia in the East. London, 1836. 8vo. And second edition “continued to the present time.” London, 1854. 8vo.
Hommaire de Hell, Situation des Russes dans le Caucase. Paris, 1844. 8vo.
Holland (Thomas Erskine), Lecture on the Treaty Relations of Russia and Turkey from 1774–1853. London and Oxford, 1877. 8vo.
Haxthausen (August, Baron von), The Tribes of the Caucasus, with an account of Shamyl. Translated by J. E. Taylor. London, 1855. 12mo.
Moser (L.), Der Kaukasus, seine Voelkerschaften ... nebst einer Charakteristik Schamils. Wien, 1854. 8vo.
Our Dangerous Neighbour over the Way, and Two Questions upon the Caucasus. London, 1854. 8vo.
*Bodenstedt (Friedrich Martin), Die Voelker des Kaukasus und ihre Freiheitskaempfe gegen die Russen. 2 Bde. 2te. Ausg. Berlin, 1855. 8vo.
Wagner (Dr. Friedr.), Schamyl als Feldherr, Sultan und Prophet. Leipzig, 1854. 8vo. English translation by L. Wraxall. London, 1856. 8vo.
Douhaire (P.), Les Russes au Caucase. Prise de Schamyl. Paris, 1859. 8vo.
*Dubrovin, Istoriya voini i vladichestva russkikh na Kavkazié (History of the War and Supremacy of the Russians in the Caucasus). 3 vols. S. Pbg., 1871. The first volume is introductory, and contains an excellent ethnographical account of the country.
Baumgarten (G.), Sechzig Jahre des kaukasischen Krieges. Nach russischen Originalen.... Leipzig, 1861. 8vo.
Dulaurier, La Russie dans le Caucase. In Revue des Deux Mondes. Paris, 1865–66.
Boys (A. du), Le Caucase depuis Shamyl. In Le Contemporain. Paris, 25 Août, 1876.
The following Periodical Publications should also be consulted:—
The official newspaper Kavkaz. 1844–88. Tiflis.
Kavkazskii Sbornik. 1876–86. 10 vols. 8vo. Tiflis. A series of articles chiefly referring to Russian military exploits in the Caucasus during the present century.
For Georgian Jurisprudence, cf.—
Sbornik zakonov gruzinskavo tsarya Vakhtanga VI. (Collection of the laws of the Georgian King Vakhtanga VI.), izd. A. S. Frenkelya, pod redak. D. Z. Bakradze. Tiflis, 1887. Bagaturov (S. J.), Lichniya i pozemelniya prava v drevnei Gruzii (Personal and Agrarian Laws in Ancient Georgia). Tiflis, 1886. Dareste, An Art. in Journ. des Savants. Paris, 1887. Kovalevskii, Arts. in Vestnik Yevropi.