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[ALMANAC]. Utrennjaja Zarja...na 1839 god. [Morning Dawn…for the year 1839]. St Petersburg: E. Fisher, 1839.
The first edition, with the original wrappers, of the rare inaugural issue. At a time when the genre of the literary almanac was past its peak of the 1820s, V.A. Vladislavlev rekindled popular interest with the publication of Utrennjaja Zarja, issued annually until 1843. Distributed not only in St Petersburg and Moscow but also in the provinces, it published some of the best writers of the time, this issue including works by Sakharov and Tumansky. Through not remunerating his textual contributors, Vladislavlev was able to afford ‘first-class illustrations by the best artists’ (Smirnov-Sokol’skii). Rare in institutions and on the market: RBH records no other copies being offered at auction. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Moia biblioteka, 1559; Al’manakhi, 474.
Octavo (175 x 110mm). With the engraved title and 3 plates, 2 tipped-in leaves with poem entitled ‘Tik-Tak (Ispanskaja Novella)’ (slight mainly marginal foxing, ink splash on p.337). 19th-century Russian half sheep, marbled boards, original printed wrappers preserved, spine gilt-lettered and tooled in blind (hinges worn, wrappers dusty). Provenance: V. Pokrovsky (bookplate) – monogram I.T. (Cyrillic) gilt to spine - bookseller’s label ‘Staraja kniga Lenkniga’ and stamp ‘M. Nikolaeva’ – shelfmark paper label (front pastedown) – unidentified later inscription (front endleaf) – another dated 1882 (verso of wrapper).
The first edition, with the original wrappers, of the rare inaugural issue. At a time when the genre of the literary almanac was past its peak of the 1820s, V.A. Vladislavlev rekindled popular interest with the publication of Utrennjaja Zarja, issued annually until 1843. Distributed not only in St Petersburg and Moscow but also in the provinces, it published some of the best writers of the time, this issue including works by Sakharov and Tumansky. Through not remunerating his textual contributors, Vladislavlev was able to afford ‘first-class illustrations by the best artists’ (Smirnov-Sokol’skii). Rare in institutions and on the market: RBH records no other copies being offered at auction. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Moia biblioteka, 1559; Al’manakhi, 474.
Octavo (175 x 110mm). With the engraved title and 3 plates, 2 tipped-in leaves with poem entitled ‘Tik-Tak (Ispanskaja Novella)’ (slight mainly marginal foxing, ink splash on p.337). 19th-century Russian half sheep, marbled boards, original printed wrappers preserved, spine gilt-lettered and tooled in blind (hinges worn, wrappers dusty). Provenance: V. Pokrovsky (bookplate) – monogram I.T. (Cyrillic) gilt to spine - bookseller’s label ‘Staraja kniga Lenkniga’ and stamp ‘M. Nikolaeva’ – shelfmark paper label (front pastedown) – unidentified later inscription (front endleaf) – another dated 1882 (verso of wrapper).
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