![GOGOL, Nikolai Vasil’evich (1809-1852). Pokhozhdeniia Chichikova, ili Mertvyia dushi. Poema. [The Adventures of Chichikov, or Dead Souls. A Poem.] Moscow: University Press, 1842.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0035_001(gogol_nikolai_vasilevich_pokhozhdeniia_chichikova_ili_mertvyia_dushi_p104158).jpg?w=1)
![GOGOL, Nikolai Vasil’evich (1809-1852). Pokhozhdeniia Chichikova, ili Mertvyia dushi. Poema. [The Adventures of Chichikov, or Dead Souls. A Poem.] Moscow: University Press, 1842.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0035_000(gogol_nikolai_vasilevich_pokhozhdeniia_chichikova_ili_mertvyia_dushi_p104150).jpg?w=1)
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GOGOL, Nikolai Vasil’evich (1809-1852). Pokhozhdeniia Chichikova, ili Mertvyia dushi. Poema. [The Adventures of Chichikov, or Dead Souls. A Poem.] Moscow: University Press, 1842.
The first edition of Gogol's masterpiece. ‘One of the great novels of nineteenth-century Russia' (Fekula). The Borisov copy, in a handsome contemporary binding; Leonid Borisov is best known for his 1927 novel Khod konem. This first part of Gogol's famous satire was printed in an edition of 2400 copies with money borrowed from Pogodin. A second part was published by Gogol's heirs in 1855 from draft notes found after the author's death. Fekula 4716; Kilgour 345; Smirnov-Sokol'ski, Moia biblioteka, 610.
Octavo (235 x 150mm). (Without the half-title; some spotting, as often; occasional light marginal dampstain.) Contemporary Russian half sheep, flat spine titled and tooled in blind (lacking the front free endpaper; front hinge starting but holding). Provenance: Leonid Il'ich Borisov (1897-1972, author; pictorial bookplate; penciled date of acquisition [9 April 1958]).
The first edition of Gogol's masterpiece. ‘One of the great novels of nineteenth-century Russia' (Fekula). The Borisov copy, in a handsome contemporary binding; Leonid Borisov is best known for his 1927 novel Khod konem. This first part of Gogol's famous satire was printed in an edition of 2400 copies with money borrowed from Pogodin. A second part was published by Gogol's heirs in 1855 from draft notes found after the author's death. Fekula 4716; Kilgour 345; Smirnov-Sokol'ski, Moia biblioteka, 610.
Octavo (235 x 150mm). (Without the half-title; some spotting, as often; occasional light marginal dampstain.) Contemporary Russian half sheep, flat spine titled and tooled in blind (lacking the front free endpaper; front hinge starting but holding). Provenance: Leonid Il'ich Borisov (1897-1972, author; pictorial bookplate; penciled date of acquisition [9 April 1958]).
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