![NAKHIMOV, Akim Nikolaevich (1782-1814). Sochineniia v stikhakh i proze. [Works in Verse and Prose.] Kharkiv: at the University Press, 1815. 8° (210 x 130mm). (Scattered spotting.) Contemporary Russian sprinkled half calf, flat blind-tooled spine, red morocco label (extremities rubbed). Provenance: K.A. Shenaevich (stamp on rear pastedown) – bookseller’s small stamp on rear pastedown. FIRST EDITION OF HIS RARE FIRST BOOK, published posthumously. Not in WorldCat; no auction sale recorded on ABPC or RBH. Nakhimov is especially prized for his fables; Vladimir Maslovich, in the first book written about Russian fables (1816) included more fables by him than by any other author.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_10457_0103_000(nakhimov_akim_nikolaevich_sochineniia_v_stikhakh_i_proze_works_in_vers102109).jpg?w=1)
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NAKHIMOV, Akim Nikolaevich (1782-1814). Sochineniia v stikhakh i proze. [Works in Verse and Prose.] Kharkiv: at the University Press, 1815. 8° (210 x 130mm). (Scattered spotting.) Contemporary Russian sprinkled half calf, flat blind-tooled spine, red morocco label (extremities rubbed). Provenance: K.A. Shenaevich (stamp on rear pastedown) – bookseller’s small stamp on rear pastedown. FIRST EDITION OF HIS RARE FIRST BOOK, published posthumously. Not in WorldCat; no auction sale recorded on ABPC or RBH. Nakhimov is especially prized for his fables; Vladimir Maslovich, in the first book written about Russian fables (1816) included more fables by him than by any other author.
Sochinenia. The Third Edition. Moscow: S. Selivanovskii, 1822. 8° (220 x 128mm). (Lacking leaves 8.4 and 8.5, marginal dampstain, some spotting.) Contemporary Russian mottled calf (rebacked preserving old spine.) Provenance: Aleksandr A. Prokofiev (1900-1971, poet; inscription presenting the book to him on front free endpaper). The Third edition, enlarged, edited by Nakhimov’s friend Borzenkov.
Sochinenia. The Third Edition. Moscow: S. Selivanovskii, 1822. 8° (220 x 128mm). (Lacking leaves 8.4 and 8.5, marginal dampstain, some spotting.) Contemporary Russian mottled calf (rebacked preserving old spine.) Provenance: Aleksandr A. Prokofiev (1900-1971, poet; inscription presenting the book to him on front free endpaper). The Third edition, enlarged, edited by Nakhimov’s friend Borzenkov.
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