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[ALMANAC. SCOTT. ZHUKOVSKY et al.]. Utrennjaja Zarja...na 1840 god. [Morning Dawn…for the year 1840]. St Petersburg: A. Pljushar, 1840.
The first edition of the second issue. Edited by V.A. Vladislavlev from 1839 to 1843, the almanac sought to entice the wider public’s interest towards this waning periodical genre, away from the ‘aristocratic’ character of earlier such publications. It featured poetry and prose by a variety of renowned and lesser-known authors including, in this issue, Sokolov, Ershov, Zhukovsky and a translation from Walter Scott. Readers could also enjoy a remarkable collection of first-class illustrations. Rare in institutions and on the market: RBH records no other copies being offered at auction. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Moia biblioteka, 1560; Al’manakhi, 483.
Octavo (170 x 108mm). With the engraved title and 6 plates (minimal mainly marginal spotting, plates slightly foxed and browned). Original publisher’s cloth, later marbled endpapers, boards and spine tooled in blind, gilt-lettered (spine sunned). Provenance: V. Pokrovsky (bookplate); stamp ‘M35-18’ to rear free endpaper.
The first edition of the second issue. Edited by V.A. Vladislavlev from 1839 to 1843, the almanac sought to entice the wider public’s interest towards this waning periodical genre, away from the ‘aristocratic’ character of earlier such publications. It featured poetry and prose by a variety of renowned and lesser-known authors including, in this issue, Sokolov, Ershov, Zhukovsky and a translation from Walter Scott. Readers could also enjoy a remarkable collection of first-class illustrations. Rare in institutions and on the market: RBH records no other copies being offered at auction. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Moia biblioteka, 1560; Al’manakhi, 483.
Octavo (170 x 108mm). With the engraved title and 6 plates (minimal mainly marginal spotting, plates slightly foxed and browned). Original publisher’s cloth, later marbled endpapers, boards and spine tooled in blind, gilt-lettered (spine sunned). Provenance: V. Pokrovsky (bookplate); stamp ‘M35-18’ to rear free endpaper.
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