Softcover
1901 · Sankt-Peterburg
by Zheleznova, Irina
Sankt-Peterburg: Dozvoleno Tsenzuroyu, 1901. Original. Softcover. NF. I. Billibin. Beige, color-illustrated wraps with Old Russian lettering; 12 pp. with 5 color illustrations. Folio size. Text in Old Russian, with separate English translation (see below). The original edition, published in 1901. Original, hand-tinted chromolithograph illustrations with gold illumination in the traditional Russian Art Nouveau style of the period. From the "Skazki" series of Russian folk tales. Very scarce in this original edition. (Includes 4-page booklet with English translation, published by Russian Peasant Industries, London.).
(Inventory #: 140851)