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PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837) – Severnye Tsvety na 1827 god. [Northern Flowers, for the Year 1827.] St Petersburg: at the Press of the Department of Public Education, 1827.
The first edition, in the original printed wrappers – a very rare survival. One of the most famous 19th-century Russian almanacs, edited by Pushkin's great friend Delvig. Contributions by Pushkin in this volume include the first appearance of two passages from part three of Evgenii Onegin ('Pismo Tat’iany', and the night-time conversation between Tatiana and her nanny), and two poems 'K ***', and '19 oktiabria'. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates no copy outside of Russia. Smirnov-Sokol'skii Pushkin, p.534.
Octavo (145x 102mm). Complete with the additional engraved title, portrait frontispiece, and two engraved plates (faint marginal dampstain in the first and last leaves; light spotting in the second plate). Original cream paper wrappers printed in black, mostly unopened, and with deckle edges (small chips to extremities; spine panel with some wear; front hinge starting at head and foot; light soiling and faint dampstaining); custom green buckram clamshell case. Provenance: A. ?Gaval'ev (contemporary inscription in the inside margin of the title).
The first edition, in the original printed wrappers – a very rare survival. One of the most famous 19th-century Russian almanacs, edited by Pushkin's great friend Delvig. Contributions by Pushkin in this volume include the first appearance of two passages from part three of Evgenii Onegin ('Pismo Tat’iany', and the night-time conversation between Tatiana and her nanny), and two poems 'K ***', and '19 oktiabria'. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates no copy outside of Russia. Smirnov-Sokol'skii Pushkin, p.534.
Octavo (145x 102mm). Complete with the additional engraved title, portrait frontispiece, and two engraved plates (faint marginal dampstain in the first and last leaves; light spotting in the second plate). Original cream paper wrappers printed in black, mostly unopened, and with deckle edges (small chips to extremities; spine panel with some wear; front hinge starting at head and foot; light soiling and faint dampstaining); custom green buckram clamshell case. Provenance: A. ?Gaval'ev (contemporary inscription in the inside margin of the title).
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