![PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837). Sobranie obraztsovykh russkikh sochinenii i perevodov v stikakh, v 6 ch. [Chast’ 1-6.] [Collection of Exemplary Russian Works and Translations in Verse, in 6 parts.] [Parts 1-6.] St Petersburg: 1, 3: Medical Press, 2: Imperial Academy of Science, 1815; 4-5: Medical Press, 1816; 6: Medical Press, 1817.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2019/CKS/2019_CKS_18441_0077_000(pushkin_alexander_sobranie_obraztsovykh_russkikh_sochinenii_i_perevodo075143).jpg?w=1)
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PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837). Sobranie obraztsovykh russkikh sochinenii i perevodov v stikakh, v 6 ch. [Chast’ 1-6.] [Collection of Exemplary Russian Works and Translations in Verse, in 6 parts.] [Parts 1-6.] St Petersburg: 1, 3: Medical Press, 2: Imperial Academy of Science, 1815; 4-5: Medical Press, 1816; 6: Medical Press, 1817.
Handsomely-bound complete set. This literary journal, edited at one time, by Zhukovsky, was published in twelve parts between 1815 and 1817—six devoted to poetry (as here) and six to prose. This set features the first appearance in print, among others, of Pushkin’s ‘K Litsiniiu’’ (Part 4), ‘Napoleon na El’be’ (Part 5) and ‘Vospominaniia v Tsarskom sele’ (Part 6). Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Al’manakhi, 185-187, 195-196, 204; Pushkin, 48.
6 volumes, octavo (198 x 120mm). All with the engraved author’s portrait (minimal spotting, 2: small paper flaw to corner of p.289, a little foxing to first quire, 3: couple of small marginal dampstains, verso of last somewhat soiled, 5: marginal clean tear to pp.67-70, last two leaves somewhat foxed). Uniformly bound in 19th-century full tree calf, later marbled endpapers, boards single gilt ruled with floral ornaments, monogram gilt to upper board, spine gilt with lettered labels (3, 6: rear board a little scuffed). Provenance: 1: unidentified stamp (rear free endpaper) – ‘N1213’ to ‘N1218’ in pencil to front flypaper of all vols in incremental order.
Handsomely-bound complete set. This literary journal, edited at one time, by Zhukovsky, was published in twelve parts between 1815 and 1817—six devoted to poetry (as here) and six to prose. This set features the first appearance in print, among others, of Pushkin’s ‘K Litsiniiu’’ (Part 4), ‘Napoleon na El’be’ (Part 5) and ‘Vospominaniia v Tsarskom sele’ (Part 6). Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Al’manakhi, 185-187, 195-196, 204; Pushkin, 48.
6 volumes, octavo (198 x 120mm). All with the engraved author’s portrait (minimal spotting, 2: small paper flaw to corner of p.289, a little foxing to first quire, 3: couple of small marginal dampstains, verso of last somewhat soiled, 5: marginal clean tear to pp.67-70, last two leaves somewhat foxed). Uniformly bound in 19th-century full tree calf, later marbled endpapers, boards single gilt ruled with floral ornaments, monogram gilt to upper board, spine gilt with lettered labels (3, 6: rear board a little scuffed). Provenance: 1: unidentified stamp (rear free endpaper) – ‘N1213’ to ‘N1218’ in pencil to front flypaper of all vols in incremental order.
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