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PUSHKIN -- Novosel'e. [House-warming]. St. Petersburg: Tip. Vdovi Plyushar, 1833-34.
2 vols., 8° (240 x 133mm). Half-titles. Engraved titles and 5 plates, some by S. Galaktionov after A.P. Bryullov. (Spotting.) Contemporary half calf, not uniform (rubbed, joints starting). Provenance: 'A.K.' and ?Ar. ?Beklemisheva (bindings) -- Paul M. Fekula.
RARE FIRST EDITIONS. This famous miscellany was published at the initiative of V.A. Zhukovskii to mark the relocation of the celebrated Smirdin library-bookshop to its Nevski Prospect address. The Smirdin library was at the centre of literary activity during the age of Pushkin. The collection includes Pushkin's 'Domik v Kolomne', the sublime story by Gogol' 'Povest o tom, kak possorilsia Ivan Ivanovich s Ivanom Nikoforvichem', and Zhukovskii's 'Skazka o tsare Berendee'. Fekula 5757 (this copy); Obol'yaninov 1765; Smirnov-Sokol'skii Almanakhi 404, 416; Smirnov-Sokol'skii Biblioteka 1533-4. (2)
2 vols., 8° (240 x 133mm). Half-titles. Engraved titles and 5 plates, some by S. Galaktionov after A.P. Bryullov. (Spotting.) Contemporary half calf, not uniform (rubbed, joints starting). Provenance: 'A.K.' and ?Ar. ?Beklemisheva (bindings) -- Paul M. Fekula.
RARE FIRST EDITIONS. This famous miscellany was published at the initiative of V.A. Zhukovskii to mark the relocation of the celebrated Smirdin library-bookshop to its Nevski Prospect address. The Smirdin library was at the centre of literary activity during the age of Pushkin. The collection includes Pushkin's 'Domik v Kolomne', the sublime story by Gogol' 'Povest o tom, kak possorilsia Ivan Ivanovich s Ivanom Nikoforvichem', and Zhukovskii's 'Skazka o tsare Berendee'. Fekula 5757 (this copy); Obol'yaninov 1765; Smirnov-Sokol'skii Almanakhi 404, 416; Smirnov-Sokol'skii Biblioteka 1533-4. (2)
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