![LEBEDEV, Ivan (illustrator) and ERENBURG, Il'ia (1891-1967; translator) -- BAISIEUX, Jacques de. O trekh rytsariakh i o rubakhe. [The Three Knights and the Shirt.] Moscow: Zerna, 1916. 2° (290 x 280mm). Initials filled in red throughout. Illustrated throughout. (Lower corner bumped, occasional light soiling.) Stitched in the original self-wrappers (light soiling, lower corner bumped).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05476_0319_000(lebedev_ivan_and_erenburg_ilia_--_baisieux_jacques_de_o_trekh_rytsaria044226).jpg?w=1)
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LEBEDEV, Ivan (illustrator) and ERENBURG, Il'ia (1891-1967; translator) -- BAISIEUX, Jacques de. O trekh rytsariakh i o rubakhe. [The Three Knights and the Shirt.] Moscow: Zerna, 1916. 2° (290 x 280mm). Initials filled in red throughout. Illustrated throughout. (Lower corner bumped, occasional light soiling.) Stitched in the original self-wrappers (light soiling, lower corner bumped).
FIRST EDITION. ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES ON JAPAN PAPER, SIGNED BY LEBEDEV; this one copy number 9. This translation by Erenburg is among his earliest publications. Rare: WorldCat locates just one copy, at the Berlin State Library.
FIRST EDITION. ONE OF ONLY 25 COPIES ON JAPAN PAPER, SIGNED BY LEBEDEV; this one copy number 9. This translation by Erenburg is among his earliest publications. Rare: WorldCat locates just one copy, at the Berlin State Library.