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PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837). Bakhchisaraiskii fontan. [The Fountain of Bakhchisarai]. St Petersburg: Department of Public Education, 1827.
Second edition, the best-printed lifetime edition of this text, the first with the beautiful illustrations by Stepan Galaktionov, and exceptionally rare (no records on ABPC/RBH). This work was one of the four highlights selected for their rarity and importance in the 1937 landmark Pushkin exhibition at the National Library of Russia, and was again selected for the 2017 exhibition at the Library. The present copy particularly desirable in its strictly contemporary Russian binding. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Pushkin, 11.
Octavo (127 x 102mm). With 4 engraved illustrations by Galaktionov protected by tissue guards (occasional spotting, one larger spot on the initial verse page, the rest mostly marginal or on the tissue guards.) Contemporary Russian half sheep, spine filleted and lettered in gilt, marbled paper cover to sides (joints cracked but holding, some surface rubbing); modern cloth box.
Second edition, the best-printed lifetime edition of this text, the first with the beautiful illustrations by Stepan Galaktionov, and exceptionally rare (no records on ABPC/RBH). This work was one of the four highlights selected for their rarity and importance in the 1937 landmark Pushkin exhibition at the National Library of Russia, and was again selected for the 2017 exhibition at the Library. The present copy particularly desirable in its strictly contemporary Russian binding. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Pushkin, 11.
Octavo (127 x 102mm). With 4 engraved illustrations by Galaktionov protected by tissue guards (occasional spotting, one larger spot on the initial verse page, the rest mostly marginal or on the tissue guards.) Contemporary Russian half sheep, spine filleted and lettered in gilt, marbled paper cover to sides (joints cracked but holding, some surface rubbing); modern cloth box.
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