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PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837). Sochineniia [Works]. St Petersburg: Expedition for the Preparation of Government Papers, and I. Glazunov, 1838-1841.
A complete set of the first collected edition of Pushkin's works. The final three volumes feature work which appears here for the first time in book-form; including, for example, Pushkin's masterpiece 'The Bronze Horseman'. The first eight volumes were planned and edited by his friend V.A. Zhukovskii, and the last three were published by subscription by Glazunov, Zaikin and Company;. All proceeds from this edition were to benefit his widow and children; Tsar Nicholas paid off all the debts on Pushkin's estate. Fekula 5041 ('scarce'); Kilgour 890 (Zaikin imprint); Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Pushkin, 44.
11 volumes bound in 7, octavo (221 x 140mm). With the engraved portrait by Utkin, and a leaf reproducing Pushkin's handwriting not called for by Kilgour (without the list of subscribers noted by Kilgour, a few occasional light spots and stains, paper flaw in p.45 in vol. VIII). 19th-century quarter morocco gilt, paneled spines decorated and lettered (in French) in gilt, pebble cloth boards (rubbed, corners worn, one or two headbands chipped). Provenance: A. Bohné & Schulz (label on front pastedown).
A complete set of the first collected edition of Pushkin's works. The final three volumes feature work which appears here for the first time in book-form; including, for example, Pushkin's masterpiece 'The Bronze Horseman'. The first eight volumes were planned and edited by his friend V.A. Zhukovskii, and the last three were published by subscription by Glazunov, Zaikin and Company;. All proceeds from this edition were to benefit his widow and children; Tsar Nicholas paid off all the debts on Pushkin's estate. Fekula 5041 ('scarce'); Kilgour 890 (Zaikin imprint); Smirnov-Sokol'skii, Pushkin, 44.
11 volumes bound in 7, octavo (221 x 140mm). With the engraved portrait by Utkin, and a leaf reproducing Pushkin's handwriting not called for by Kilgour (without the list of subscribers noted by Kilgour, a few occasional light spots and stains, paper flaw in p.45 in vol. VIII). 19th-century quarter morocco gilt, paneled spines decorated and lettered (in French) in gilt, pebble cloth boards (rubbed, corners worn, one or two headbands chipped). Provenance: A. Bohné & Schulz (label on front pastedown).
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