KRILOV, Ivan (1768-1844). Chetire Basni. [Four Fables]. St. Petersburg: Kruzhok Lyubitelei Russkikh Izyashchnikh Izdanii, 1907.
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KRILOV, Ivan (1768-1844). Chetire Basni. [Four Fables]. St. Petersburg: Kruzhok Lyubitelei Russkikh Izyashchnikh Izdanii, 1907.

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KRILOV, Ivan (1768-1844). Chetire Basni. [Four Fables]. St. Petersburg: Kruzhok Lyubitelei Russkikh Izyashchnikh Izdanii, 1907.

4° (309 x 235mm). 8 plates after A. Orlovskii. Contemporary half morocco with the original wrappers bound-in (rubbed). Provenance: P. P. Veiner -- Fundamentalnaya Biblioteka (stamp) -- Paul M. Fekula.

ONE OF 27 COPIES ON JAPAN PAPER ISSUED WITH AN EXTRA SUITE OF PLATES, this one copy n° 9. Subscriber's copy printed for the noted bibliophile P. P. Veiner (1879-1932). Krilov is the greatest Russian fabulist and a key figure in the Russian Age of Reason. His work remains an important part of Russian education. This finely printed edition reproduces 8 drawings from the collection of E.G. Shvarts by the great lithographer A. Orlovskii. Fekula 4862 (this copy); SSb 802.
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