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PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837) – Severnye Tsvety na 1828 god. [Northern Flowers, for the Year 1828.] St Petersburg: at the Press of the Department of Public Education, 1827.
The first edition, in the original printed wrappers – a very rare survival. One of the most famous 19th-century Russian almanacs. Contributions by Pushkin in this volume include: 'Otryvki iz pisem, mysli i zamechaniia'; 'Graf Nulin'; a passage from Boris Godunov; 'Elegiia'; 'Angel'; and 'Cherep'. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates copies only at Cornell, and at Indiana University. Smirnov-Sokol'skii Pushkin, p.534.
2 parts in one volume, octavo (145x 115mm). Complete with the additional engraved title, and the engraved portrait frontispiece of Pushkin by Utkin after Kiprenskii (faint marginal dampstain in the first and last leaves; occasional light scattered spotting). Original cream paper wrappers printed in black, mostly unopened, and with deckle edges (neatly repaired at edges and spine ends); custom green buckram clamshell case. Provenance: A. ?Gaval'ev (contemporary inscription in the inside margin of the title).
The first edition, in the original printed wrappers – a very rare survival. One of the most famous 19th-century Russian almanacs. Contributions by Pushkin in this volume include: 'Otryvki iz pisem, mysli i zamechaniia'; 'Graf Nulin'; a passage from Boris Godunov; 'Elegiia'; 'Angel'; and 'Cherep'. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates copies only at Cornell, and at Indiana University. Smirnov-Sokol'skii Pushkin, p.534.
2 parts in one volume, octavo (145x 115mm). Complete with the additional engraved title, and the engraved portrait frontispiece of Pushkin by Utkin after Kiprenskii (faint marginal dampstain in the first and last leaves; occasional light scattered spotting). Original cream paper wrappers printed in black, mostly unopened, and with deckle edges (neatly repaired at edges and spine ends); custom green buckram clamshell case. Provenance: A. ?Gaval'ev (contemporary inscription in the inside margin of the title).
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