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PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837) – Nevskii al’manakh na 1829 god. [The Nevskii Almanac for the year 1829.] St Petersburg: at the press of the Department of Public Education, 1828.
The first edition of this rare periodical; complete with all the engravings, six of these for Eugene Onegin – the only illustrations for this work published in Pushkin’s lifetime. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates only one copy, at Cambridge University (the online catalogue does not note if that copy has its illustrations). Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Pushkin 69.
Octavo (126 x 94mm). Engraved additional title, frontispiece, and six plates after A. Notbek (the plates and first few leaves mounted on stubs; the engraved title and title shorter in the bottom margin; repaired tear in the last leaf; occasional light scattered spotting). 19th-century Russian half calf over marbled boards; the spine flat and gilt- and blind-tooled in compartments, and titled directly in gilt (corners rubbed; some wear to the front joint; sides scuffed). Provenance: Russian bookseller (small circular stamp on rear pastedown).
The first edition of this rare periodical; complete with all the engravings, six of these for Eugene Onegin – the only illustrations for this work published in Pushkin’s lifetime. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates only one copy, at Cambridge University (the online catalogue does not note if that copy has its illustrations). Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Pushkin 69.
Octavo (126 x 94mm). Engraved additional title, frontispiece, and six plates after A. Notbek (the plates and first few leaves mounted on stubs; the engraved title and title shorter in the bottom margin; repaired tear in the last leaf; occasional light scattered spotting). 19th-century Russian half calf over marbled boards; the spine flat and gilt- and blind-tooled in compartments, and titled directly in gilt (corners rubbed; some wear to the front joint; sides scuffed). Provenance: Russian bookseller (small circular stamp on rear pastedown).
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