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PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837). Tsygany (Pisano v 1824 godu). [Gypsies (Written in 1824).] Moscow: August Semen Press at the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy, 1827.
The first edition. This is one of two works published anonymously by Pushkin during his lifetime, the other being The Tales of Belkin. Tsygany was issued in an edition of approximately 1,200 copies; however, already during Pushkin's own lifetime it was considered a great rarity. Kilgour 880; Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Pushkin, 8.
Twelvemo (175 x 105mm). With the final blank; woodcut title vignette (light mostly marginal soiling and spotting). Contemporary Russian olive green morocco, the sides paneled in gilt and blind, the upper side titled in gilt, pink coated endpapers, gilt edges (rebacked preserving most of the original spine; corner rubbed and repaired). Provenance: a contemporary Russian reader (partial inscription on rear blank: 'na pamiat').
The first edition. This is one of two works published anonymously by Pushkin during his lifetime, the other being The Tales of Belkin. Tsygany was issued in an edition of approximately 1,200 copies; however, already during Pushkin's own lifetime it was considered a great rarity. Kilgour 880; Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Pushkin, 8.
Twelvemo (175 x 105mm). With the final blank; woodcut title vignette (light mostly marginal soiling and spotting). Contemporary Russian olive green morocco, the sides paneled in gilt and blind, the upper side titled in gilt, pink coated endpapers, gilt edges (rebacked preserving most of the original spine; corner rubbed and repaired). Provenance: a contemporary Russian reader (partial inscription on rear blank: 'na pamiat').
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