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Severnoe Siyanie. Russkii Khudozhestvennii Al'bom. [Northern Lights. A Russian Artistic Album]. St. Petersburg: Vasilii Genkel, 1862-1865.
4 vols., 4° (282 x 210mm). Half titles. 147 engravings. (Occasional spotting and marginal spotting.) Recent black morocco, with original printed, glazed-paper front covers window mounted (some wear to original covers). Provenance: I. M. Komelov (stamp) -- 'printed in Russia' (small title-stamp).
A COMPLETE SET OF ONE OF THE BEST RUSSIAN ILLUSTRATED PERIODICALS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Northern Lights 'will always hold an important place in artistic literature' (RKR 604). With fine engravings after A. I. Lebedev, P. Fedotov, K. Bryulov and numerous others to illustrate Lermontov, Pushkin, Turgenev, and many of the great works of the day. Russkie Knizhnie Redkosti 604; Berezin-Shiriaev Dopolnitel'ne Materiali, p.218; Smirnov-Sokol'skii Al'manakhi 724, 736, 741, 756. (4)
4 vols., 4° (282 x 210mm). Half titles. 147 engravings. (Occasional spotting and marginal spotting.) Recent black morocco, with original printed, glazed-paper front covers window mounted (some wear to original covers). Provenance: I. M. Komelov (stamp) -- 'printed in Russia' (small title-stamp).
A COMPLETE SET OF ONE OF THE BEST RUSSIAN ILLUSTRATED PERIODICALS OF THE 19
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