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[ALMANAC. LERMONTOV et al.]. Utrennjaja Zarja...na 1843 god. [Morning Dawn…for the Year 1843]. St Petersburg: Press of the Second Branch of the EIV Office, 1843.
The first edition of the fifth issue. Assisted by the handsome illustrations, the selection of texts focused on everyday dramas, exotic settings, love tragedies and star-crossed fate (Makarov). This issue features Lermontov’s late verse composition, Vallerik. Rare in institutions and on the market: RBH records no other copy being offered at auction. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Moia biblioteka, 1563; Al’manakhi, 531. K.V. Makarov, ‘Estetika bidermajera v al’manakhe Utrennjaja zarja’, p.18.
Octavo (170 x 108mm). With the engraved title and 6 plates (engraved title dusty, minimal spotting). 19th-century Russian sheep, patterned endpapers, boards and spine gilt, gilt-lettered leather label to spine, inner edges gilt (minor, neat repair to hinges, head and foot of spine, endpapers reinforced at gutter). Provenance: V. Pokrovsky (bookplate); stamp ‘M-09’ and Litfond bookseller’s label (rear pastedown).
The first edition of the fifth issue. Assisted by the handsome illustrations, the selection of texts focused on everyday dramas, exotic settings, love tragedies and star-crossed fate (Makarov). This issue features Lermontov’s late verse composition, Vallerik. Rare in institutions and on the market: RBH records no other copy being offered at auction. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Moia biblioteka, 1563; Al’manakhi, 531. K.V. Makarov, ‘Estetika bidermajera v al’manakhe Utrennjaja zarja’, p.18.
Octavo (170 x 108mm). With the engraved title and 6 plates (engraved title dusty, minimal spotting). 19th-century Russian sheep, patterned endpapers, boards and spine gilt, gilt-lettered leather label to spine, inner edges gilt (minor, neat repair to hinges, head and foot of spine, endpapers reinforced at gutter). Provenance: V. Pokrovsky (bookplate); stamp ‘M-09’ and Litfond bookseller’s label (rear pastedown).
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