![PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837). Tsygany (Pisano v 1824 godu). [Gypsies (Written in 1824)]. Moscow: August Semen Press at the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy, 1827. [Bound with:] Bakhchisaraiskii fontan. St Pertersburg: Department of Public Education, 1830.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2019/CKS/2019_CKS_18441_0085_001(pushkin_alexander_tsygany_gypsies_moscow_august_semen_press_at_the_imp_d6217179074343).jpg?w=1)
![PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837). Tsygany (Pisano v 1824 godu). [Gypsies (Written in 1824)]. Moscow: August Semen Press at the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy, 1827. [Bound with:] Bakhchisaraiskii fontan. St Pertersburg: Department of Public Education, 1830.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2019/CKS/2019_CKS_18441_0085_000(pushkin_alexander_tsygany_gypsies_moscow_august_semen_press_at_the_imp_d6217179075159).jpg?w=1)
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PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837). Tsygany (Pisano v 1824 godu). [Gypsies (Written in 1824)]. Moscow: August Semen Press at the Imperial Medical-Surgical Academy, 1827. [Bound with:] Bakhchisaraiskii fontan. St Pertersburg: Department of Public Education, 1830.
The first edition, a tall copy with exceptional provenance, from the library of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. This is one of two works published anonymously by Pushkin during his lifetime, the other being The Tales of Belkin. Tsygany was issued in an edition of approximately 1,200 copies; however, already during Pushkin's own lifetime, it was considered a great rarity. Here bound with the third edition of Bakhchisaraiskii fontan. Kilgour 880; Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Pushkin, 8.
2 works in one volume, 12mo (181 x 105mm). Woodcut title vignette (without the final blank, some very light spotting.) Contemporary Russian calf, panelled spines filleted and decorated in gilt around a blind-stamped centre-piece, gilt turn-ins, silk paste-downs (upper joint cracked but holding, very minor occasional surface wear); modern custom-made cloth box. Provenance: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819-1876), daughter of Tsar Nicholas I, and sister to Alexander II: a renowned art collector and President of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg (bookplate) – copy exhibited by S. Lifar' in the Paris ‘Expostion Pouchkine’, 1937 (label on rear pastedown).
The first edition, a tall copy with exceptional provenance, from the library of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia. This is one of two works published anonymously by Pushkin during his lifetime, the other being The Tales of Belkin. Tsygany was issued in an edition of approximately 1,200 copies; however, already during Pushkin's own lifetime, it was considered a great rarity. Here bound with the third edition of Bakhchisaraiskii fontan. Kilgour 880; Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Pushkin, 8.
2 works in one volume, 12mo (181 x 105mm). Woodcut title vignette (without the final blank, some very light spotting.) Contemporary Russian calf, panelled spines filleted and decorated in gilt around a blind-stamped centre-piece, gilt turn-ins, silk paste-downs (upper joint cracked but holding, very minor occasional surface wear); modern custom-made cloth box. Provenance: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819-1876), daughter of Tsar Nicholas I, and sister to Alexander II: a renowned art collector and President of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg (bookplate) – copy exhibited by S. Lifar' in the Paris ‘Expostion Pouchkine’, 1937 (label on rear pastedown).
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