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KRYLOV, Ivan Andreevich (1768-1844). Basni…na devjati knigakh. [Fables…in nine books]. St Petersburg: printed for the author at the Military Training Institution, 1843.
Handsomely-bound ‘funeral’ edition, with the original paper wrapper, from the libraries of two major collectors. It was prepared by the author and, in his last will, granted circulation among his friends. This copy was among those prepared for distribution at Krylov’s funeral, and bound in the printed wrapper dated 1844, here preserved. It also contains a tipped-in invitation to the ceremony - as all copies distributed by the executor to selected intellectuals (Smirnov-Sokol’skii). Rare: RBH records only one copy having been offered at auction. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Moia biblioteka, 796; Nekrasov 155; Kilgour 578.
Octavo (220 x 143mm). With the half-titles (one title yellowed, intermittent slight dampstaining or age browning, heavier in a couple of quires, few scattered light ink splashes, one half title trimmed.) 19th-century Russian crimson leather, silk endpapers, rebacked with onlaid original spine, double gilt ruled, centre panel with leafy and floral decorations, birds, urn and butterfly, all gilt, spine gilt-lettered, with gilt floral and leafy decorations, turn-ins gilt, funeral printed paper wrapper preserved. Provenance: Count Sergej Stroganov (1794-1882, bookplate) - P.V. Gubar (1885-1976, bookplate) - unidentified 20th-century ownership inscriptions and bibliographical annotations (front endleaves).
Handsomely-bound ‘funeral’ edition, with the original paper wrapper, from the libraries of two major collectors. It was prepared by the author and, in his last will, granted circulation among his friends. This copy was among those prepared for distribution at Krylov’s funeral, and bound in the printed wrapper dated 1844, here preserved. It also contains a tipped-in invitation to the ceremony - as all copies distributed by the executor to selected intellectuals (Smirnov-Sokol’skii). Rare: RBH records only one copy having been offered at auction. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Moia biblioteka, 796; Nekrasov 155; Kilgour 578.
Octavo (220 x 143mm). With the half-titles (one title yellowed, intermittent slight dampstaining or age browning, heavier in a couple of quires, few scattered light ink splashes, one half title trimmed.) 19th-century Russian crimson leather, silk endpapers, rebacked with onlaid original spine, double gilt ruled, centre panel with leafy and floral decorations, birds, urn and butterfly, all gilt, spine gilt-lettered, with gilt floral and leafy decorations, turn-ins gilt, funeral printed paper wrapper preserved. Provenance: Count Sergej Stroganov (1794-1882, bookplate) - P.V. Gubar (1885-1976, bookplate) - unidentified 20th-century ownership inscriptions and bibliographical annotations (front endleaves).
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