Путешествие вокруг моей комнаты. Ночная экспедиция вокруг моей комнаты

"Puteshestvie vokrug moeĭ komnaty" - pervai͡a kniga grafa Ksavʹe de Mestra, savoi͡ara, poddannogo Sardinskogo koroli͡a, a zatem general-maĭora rossiĭskoĭ imperatorskoĭ armii, direktora peterburgskogo "Morskogo muzeuma", khudozhnika-portretista i frant͡suzskogo pisateli͡a, prinesshai͡a emu nemalui͡u izvestnostʹ; "Nochnai͡a ėkspedit͡sii͡a vokrug moeĭ komnaty" predstavli͡aet soboĭ ee prodolzhenie. Starshiĭ brat Ksavʹe de Mestra, Zhozef-Mari de Mestr - izvestnyĭ filosof, literator, konservativnyĭ politik i diplomat - po sobstvennomu usmotrenii͡u izdavshiĭ pervui͡u knigu brata v 1794 godu, otgovarival ego ot napisanii͡a "Nochnoĭ ėkspedit͡sii", utverzhdai͡a, chto prodolzhenii͡a ne byvai͡ut uspeshny. K schastʹi͡u, Ksavʹe ego ne poslushal. Obe knigi poi͡avilisʹ v to vremi͡a, kogda v mode byli travelogi - istorii o puteshestvii͡akh po stranam i kontinentam, logichnym prodolzheniem kotorykh i stali ėti protomodernistskie shedevry, avtor kotorykh otpravli͡aetsi͡a v uvlekatelʹnoe puteshestvie… po sobstvennoĭ komnate. V nastoi͡ashchem izdanii obe knigi predstavleny v novykh perevodakh.
Na oblozhke ispolʹzovana rabota D. Veĭsʹe (illi͡ustrat͡sii͡a iz frant͡suzskogo izdanii͡a Tardieu, seredina XIX veka).

"Journey around my Room" is the first book by Count Xavier de Maistre, a savoyard, a subject of the Sardinian king, and later a major general of the Russian Imperial Army, director of the St. Petersburg Maritime Museum, portrait painter and French writer, which brought him considerable fame; "Night Expedition around my Room" is its continuation. Xavier de Maistre's older brother, Joseph-Marie de Maistre, a famous philosopher, writer, conservative politician and diplomat, who at his own discretion published his brother's first book in 1794, dissuaded him from writing The Night Expedition, arguing that sequels were not successful. Fortunately, Xavier did not listen to him. Both books appeared at a time when travelogues were in fashion — travel stories about countries and continents, the logical continuation of which became these proto-modern masterpieces, the author of which embarks on an exciting journey.… in my own room. In this edition, both books are presented in new translations.
The cover uses the work of D. Veissier (illustration from the French edition of Tardieu, mid-19th century).