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PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837) – SENKOVSKII, O.I. (editor). Biblioteka dlia chteniia. T. 9. [Library for Reading. Vol. 9.] St Petersburg: Aleksandr Smirdin, 1835.
The first edition, which includes the first appearance of two contributions by Pushkin: 'Pesni zapadnikh slavian' [Songs of the Western Slavs], and 'Skazka o zolotom petushke' [The Tale of the Golden Cockerel]. Pushkin's cycle of 15 poems in his 'Songs of the Western Slavs' draw heavily for inspiration on Propser Mérimée's 1827 pastiche of Balkan ballads, La Guzla. 'Tale of the Golden Cockerel' is based on two chapters in Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra (1832). Smirdin's Library for Reading 'played a significant role in the history of Russian periodicals and the professionalization of Russian authors' (Smirnov-Sokol'ski). RBH and ABPC record only one copy having been offered at auction (Christie's, 23 November 2009, lot 305). Smirnov-Sokol'ski, Pushkin, 120.
Six parts in one volume, octavo (219 x 139mm). (Variable worming in the bottom margin of some parts; some marginal spotting.) Contemporary Russian green half leather, flat spine titled in gilt within a large scrolling border (extremities and front joint worn; sides scuffed).
The first edition, which includes the first appearance of two contributions by Pushkin: 'Pesni zapadnikh slavian' [Songs of the Western Slavs], and 'Skazka o zolotom petushke' [The Tale of the Golden Cockerel]. Pushkin's cycle of 15 poems in his 'Songs of the Western Slavs' draw heavily for inspiration on Propser Mérimée's 1827 pastiche of Balkan ballads, La Guzla. 'Tale of the Golden Cockerel' is based on two chapters in Washington Irving's Tales of the Alhambra (1832). Smirdin's Library for Reading 'played a significant role in the history of Russian periodicals and the professionalization of Russian authors' (Smirnov-Sokol'ski). RBH and ABPC record only one copy having been offered at auction (Christie's, 23 November 2009, lot 305). Smirnov-Sokol'ski, Pushkin, 120.
Six parts in one volume, octavo (219 x 139mm). (Variable worming in the bottom margin of some parts; some marginal spotting.) Contemporary Russian green half leather, flat spine titled in gilt within a large scrolling border (extremities and front joint worn; sides scuffed).
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