![TOLSTOY, Leo (1828-1910). 'Kazaki. Kavkazskaia povest 1852 goda' [The Cossacks. A Caucasian Tale of 1852], in Russkii vestnik, vol. 44. Moscow: by Katkov and Co. at the University Press, 1863.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0073_000(tolstoy_leo_kazaki_kavkazskaia_povest_1852_goda_the_cossacks_a_caucasi104946).jpg?w=1)
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TOLSTOY, Leo (1828-1910). 'Kazaki. Kavkazskaia povest 1852 goda' [The Cossacks. A Caucasian Tale of 1852], in Russkii vestnik, vol. 44. Moscow: by Katkov and Co. at the University Press, 1863.
The first appearance of Tolstoy's semi-autobiographical novella, praised highly by Turgenev who called it his favourite work by Tolstoy (Orwin). The story is based on Tolstoy's experiences serving in the Caucasus. 'More comprehensively and directly than in any other of his early works, Tolstoy here delves into the themes of the relationships between the individual and the group', thereby anticipating War and Peace (Terras). RBH and ABPC record only one copy having been offered at auction: the defective Pierre Bergé copy. Orwin, The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy (2002), p.29.
16mo (198 x 129mm). With the half-title (light soiling in the title margin; some staining in the half-title.) 20th-century Russian brown half leather and green marbled boards. Provenance: '9643' (pressmark in purple ink in the title margin).
The first appearance of Tolstoy's semi-autobiographical novella, praised highly by Turgenev who called it his favourite work by Tolstoy (Orwin). The story is based on Tolstoy's experiences serving in the Caucasus. 'More comprehensively and directly than in any other of his early works, Tolstoy here delves into the themes of the relationships between the individual and the group', thereby anticipating War and Peace (Terras). RBH and ABPC record only one copy having been offered at auction: the defective Pierre Bergé copy. Orwin, The Cambridge Companion to Tolstoy (2002), p.29.
16mo (198 x 129mm). With the half-title (light soiling in the title margin; some staining in the half-title.) 20th-century Russian brown half leather and green marbled boards. Provenance: '9643' (pressmark in purple ink in the title margin).
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