Mommsen, T. History of Rome (Istoriya Rima), 1936–1949. In 4 Volumes (Vols. 1–3 and 5). Designed by V. A. Selenginsky. In Russian.

Теодор Моммзен.
История Рима. / В 5-ти томах (фактически в 4-х: тома 1, 2, 3 и 5). Перевод с немецкого. Вступительная статья С. И. Ковалева. Редактор тома 5 С. Л. Утченко. Художник В. А. Селенгинский.
Москва : Государственное социально-экономическое издательство (Соцэкгиз) — Государственное издательство политической литературы (Госполитиздат), 1936—1949.
Том 1: XXVII, 892 с., 1 вкл. л. карт. — 1936 г.
Том 2: 446 с., 2 л. карт. — 1937 г.
Том 3: 558 с. — 1941 г.
Том 5: 631 с., 11 отд. л. карт. — 1949 г. (Издание Госполитиздат).
23 х 15 см. Твердый издательский переплет.
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Theodor Mommsen.
History of Rome. / In 4 Volumes (Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 5). Introductory article by S. Kovalev. Designed by V. A. Selenginsky.
Moscow : Sotsekgiz / Gospolitizdat, 1936–1949.

Vol. 1: XXVII, 892 pp., 1 map — 1936.
Vol. 2: 446 pp., 2 maps — 1937.
Vol. 3: 558 pp. — 1941.
Vol. 5: 631 pp., 11 separate maps — 1949.
23 x 15 cm. Hardcover. In Russian.

This monumental four-volume set represents the most significant Russian-language edition of Theodor Mommsen’s Römische Geschichte, the work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Literature. Published across the turbulent decade between 1936 and 1949, the text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Roman state, including the arrangement of its social, legal, and political structures from the founding of the city to the end of the Republic. The narrative follows a strictly chronological path: Volume 1 covers the period up to the Battle of Pydna; Volume 2 continues from Pydna to the death of Sulla; and Volume 3 details the era from Sulla’s death to the Battle of Thapsus. Notably, Volume 4, intended to cover the Imperial era until Diocletian, was never written by Mommsen himself, making this "1-3 and 5" sequence the complete extant work of the author. Volume 5 provides an extensive study of the Roman provinces from the time of Caesar to Diocletian.
The physical identity of this set reflects the shifting landscapes of Soviet academic publishing. The first three volumes, issued by Sotsekgiz, feature the introductory scholarship of the prominent Soviet historian Sergei Kovalev and the artistic design of V. A. Selenginsky. Volume 3, released in the fateful year of 1941, and Volume 5, appearing in 1949 under the Gospolitizdat imprint, are particularly notable for their survival and production quality during and after the war. The set is richly supplemented with detailed geographical maps, particularly the 11 separate map sheets included in Volume 5, which illustrate the administration of the provinces. For bibliophiles, classicists, and collectors of fundamental historical scholarship, this 1936–1949 Moscow set is a vital primary source, documenting the foundational historiography of Ancient Rome as interpreted through the rigorous lens of 19th-century German scholarship and 20th-century Soviet academic tradition.