GRIBOEDOV, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1795-1829). Gore ot uma. [Woe from Wit]. St Petersburg: A.S. Suvorin, 1882.
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GRIBOEDOV, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1795-1829). Gore ot uma. [Woe from Wit]. St Petersburg: A.S. Suvorin, 1882.

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GRIBOEDOV, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1795-1829). Gore ot uma. [Woe from Wit]. St Petersburg: A.S. Suvorin, 1882.

Rare limited edition, one of only ten copies, in a deluxe binding and on high-quality paper, the fifth of this masterful social satire, edited by the literary historian and author P.A. Efremov (1830-1908) for A.S. Suvorin’s series ‘Deshevaja biblioteka’. It was produced as a limited edition for special bibliophiles, in ten copies only. Rare: RBH and ABPC record no other copies having been offered at auction. WorldCat locates two copies outside Russia. Not in Smirnov-Sokol’skii.

Octavo (181 x 114mm). With the half-title, on high-quality, thick laid paper (minimal spotting). Contemporary Russian crushed green morocco, patterned endpapers, original upper wrapper preserved, boards and spine gilt and blind tooled with gilt title, silk bookmark (wrapper a little soiled). Provenance: M.I. Vavrovsky (stamp on half-title).
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