ANNENSKII, Innokentii Fedorovich (1855-1909). Famira-Kifared. Vakkhicheskaia drama. [Thamyris, the Cither Player. A Bacchic Drama.] St Petersburg: E.I. Grzhebin, 1919.
ANNENSKII, Innokentii Fedorovich (1855-1909). Famira-Kifared. Vakkhicheskaia drama. [Thamyris, the Cither Player. A Bacchic Drama.] St Petersburg: E.I. Grzhebin, 1919.
1 More
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.
ANNENSKII, Innokentii Fedorovich (1855-1909). Famira-Kifared. Vakkhicheskaia drama. [Thamyris, the Cither Player. A Bacchic Drama.] St Petersburg: E.I. Grzhebin, 1919.

Details
ANNENSKII, Innokentii Fedorovich (1855-1909). Famira-Kifared. Vakkhicheskaia drama. [Thamyris, the Cither Player. A Bacchic Drama.] St Petersburg: E.I. Grzhebin, 1919.

The plates include five reproductions of Alexandra Exter costume designs for the Moscow Kamerny Theatre's production in the winter of 1916-1917. The cover design is by Nikolai Radlov; the engraved tailpieces include designs by Sergei Sudeikin and Dmitrii Mitrokhin. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates just two copies: at the British Library and at the University of Toronto. One of 500 numbered copies, this one number 27; 50 ad nominem copies were also issued under the imprint of Giperborei.

Octavo (210 x 158mm, with deckle edges). Frontispiece printed in orange and black, and seven plates, of which two printed in orange and black, the rest mounted halftone reproductions after Alexandra Exter; engraved tailpieces, some by Mitrokhin and Sudeikin (occasional minor spotting). Original illustrated wrappers, by N. Radlov, printed in red and black on orange card (some soiling; light wear at the extremities). Provenance: indistinct contemporary signature on the front cover and title page – Russian bookseller's small stamp on back cover.
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.

Brought to you by

Sven Becker
Sven Becker

More from Russian Literary First Editions & Manuscripts: Highlights from the R. Eden Martin Collection

View All
View All