Polnoe sobranie sochinenii A. S. Pushkina. S zhizneopisaniem poeta, portretami i risunkami, otnosiashchimisia k ego zhizni, i s 35-iu otdelnymi kartinami khudozhnika I. V. Simakova (A. S. Pushkin's Complete Works. With a Biography of the Poet, Portraits and Drawings, an Essay on his Life, and 35 Separate Paintings by the Artist I. V. Simakov)
[Beloved Russian Classics]
- S.-Peterburg / Moskva: Izdanie Postavshchikov Ego Imperatorskago Velichestva Tovarishchestva M. O. Volf, 1904
First stereotype edition; 10 3/4 x 7 1/2; pp. [9], II-XXXII, 1-804, [1], II-VIII; lavishly-embossed, red cloth over boards; gilt titles to front board and spine; illustrated with drawings and plates by Ivan Vasilievich Simakov, including frontis; marbled edges; wide, silk book marker; small, rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine and mild wear to cloth; hinges a bit weak; small gift inscription and bookplate of renowned physician and author George Lysloff; endpapers with, bizarrely enough, period watercolor paintings of books and a rose pasted-on; in good to very good condition.
A beautiful and scarce edition of Pushkin's poetry and prose, it was illustrated by noted Russian painter Ivan Vasilievich Simakov (1877 - 1925). Most-often remembered for his propaganda art and political posters, he was also an architect, graphic designer, and book artist - particularly well-known for his illustrations of works of Pushkin, distinguished by their precise adherence to the literary text.
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Title
Polnoe sobranie sochinenii A. S. Pushkina. S zhizneopisaniem poeta, portretami i risunkami, otnosiashchimisia k ego zhizni, i s 35-iu otdelnymi kartinami khudozhnika I. V. Simakova (A. S. Pushkin's Complete Works. With a Biography of the Poet, Portraits and Drawings, an Essay on his Life, and 35 Separate Paintings by the Artist I. V. Simakov)
Author
Pushkin, Aleksandr
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Izdanie Postavshchikov Ego Imperatorskago Velichestva Tovarishchestva M. O. Volf: S.-Peterburg / Moskva
Date
1904