{"title":"Alexander Pushkin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanonised writer, poet, and playwright Alexander Pushkin is often described as the 'father of Russian literature' as remains today one of Russia's most iconic writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFind rare works by Pushkin, such as a decoratively bound edition of the famous \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/pushkin-onegin-1893-120708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEugene Oneogin \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eand luxurious illustrations of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shapero.com\/products\/pushkin-zworykine-le-coq-dor-107706\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Golden Cockerel\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"album-in-memory-of-pushkin-1880-91549","title":"Al'bom pamyati A. S. Pushkina: XV risunikov.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003ewith magnificent plates\u003c\/h4\u003eGrand commemorative album with magnificent plates published on the occasion of inauguration of the monument to Pushkin in Moscow, including a large portrait of the poet by Nikolay Matveev and 14 illustrations created by Nikolay Bogatov, Klavdiy Lebedev and Konstantin Trutovskiy, Russian artists that made their names by illustrating pieces of Russian literature and depicting historical events. The lithographed plates illustrate selected scenes from Pushkin's best known pieces, such as Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov, and are accompanied by the corresponding extracts from the poems. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigned by Alexander Opekushin, the monument to the great poet was inaugurated in 1880, on 6 June (Pushkin's birthday), in Pushkinskaya square. It was a major event celebrated with pomp and grandeur and accompanied by numerous exhibitions and commemorative publications. This particular album, however, seems to have been published in a small edition, as assumed by the curators of the Tver regional art museum, whose 2015 summer exhibition title 'The Pushkin album. The graphics and decorative arts from the collection of the Tver Regional Art Gallery' features plates from this publication. WorldCat locates only two copies outside Russia - in the library of Congress and Yale University library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLarge folio (60.5 x 44.5 cm). Title, 15 lithographed plates (incl. 2 plates by N.S. Matveev, 7 by N.A. Bogatov,  3 by K.V.Lebedev, 2 by K.A.Trutovskiy), tissue guards with printed text; light marginal waterstain to one plate and tissue, light occasional spotting. Original publisher's quarter calf over green cloth boards, lettering to upper cover; spine rubbed with some losses, upper spine restored, covers slightly spotted. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"[PUSHKIN].","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45547045749041,"sku":"91549","price":9750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/91549_b8095f29-575c-4272-94f1-0f1e9115c484.jpg?v=1780550180"},{"product_id":"93361","title":"Pesn' o Veshchem Olege: K stoletiyu o dnia rozhdeniia Pushkina 26 Maia 1899 god.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003ea fine example of one of Vasnetsov's most famous illustrated works, published to commemorate the anniversary of Pushkin's birth. The Song of Wise Oleg is based on a chronicle by Nikolay Karamzin and remains one of the most well-known Russian poems of all time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated in the style of a medieval manuscript it is richly embellished with head and tail pieces and decorated initials. The Song became a turning point in the development of the book as an integrated art form and was presented at the International Exhibition for Book Printing and Graphics in 1914.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmall folio (33 x 23 cm). 6 accordion-folded leaves, with a printed page as front cover and another as rear cover, chromolithographed illustrations throughout; light spotting and soiling, mostly on the external flaps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKilgour 897; Seslavinskiy, Girlianda 189.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"VASNETSOV, Vasiliy; ZAMIRAILO, V. D. 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Originally published in 1836, it is a masterful tale of love and rebellion set in the time of Catherine the Great.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLimited edition, one of 900 copies printed on papier vélin, this numbered 914, from a total edition of 1000, 8vo (24.5 x 17cm); portrait frontispiece after Wright and 12 full-page engravings after Sokolov, all engraved by Alphonse Lamotte and protected by tissue guards, occasional light spotting; recent full crushed brown calf, spine with raised bands and decorated in gilt, gilt title to second part, a very good example.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"PUSHKIN, Alexander Sergeevich.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45547315659057,"sku":"106265","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/106265.jpg?v=1780559201"},{"product_id":"pushkin-zworykine-le-coq-dor-107706","title":"Le Coq d'Or, et d'autres contes.","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003elimited edition with an extra suite \u003c\/h4\u003eA graduate of the Moscow Academy, Zworykine found success early on in his career illustrating books with all the main publishing houses such as Knebel, Sytin, Mamontov, and Levenson. His style, which was influenced by Bilibin and the revival of traditional folk art was popular with the Imperial family and they invited him to paint the interior of the Fedorovsky Cathedral in Tsarskoe Selo. In 1921 Zworykine fled the Bolsheviks to France via Crimea, Turkey and Egypt. Despite leaving his homeland he continued to look to ancient Rus for inspiration. 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Brailovskaya grew up in Tartu and moved Moscow with her artist husband Leonid Brailovsky at the turn of the century. She worked mostly as a painter but was a skilled technician in embroidery, appliqué and tapestry making, drawing much of her creativity from traditional Russian religious and folk motifs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Brailovskys emigrated in 1918, first to Constantinople and Belgrade before settling in Rome in 1925. 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The publisher, Kamilla Neumannová (1874–1956) set up her press in 1905 which introduced Czech readers to modern international literature. 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With the canonisation of Pushkin as Russia's national poet in the late 19th century, publishers rushed to meet the popular demand for new editions. This edition of Pushkin's masterpiece is especially remarkable for its larger format, the quality of its production, and the artistry of the illustration, here published for the first time with the text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Academician Pavel Sokolov (1826-1905) had realised 48 drawings in 1855-60 for an unrealised project by literary critic Pavel Annenkov: the drawings had not seen light, until the album was rediscovered by the publisher Gote in the possession of Princess Maria Shcherbatova (née Stolypina). Gote first published them in 1892 as photogravure plates without any text, in only 200 copies. The success of that limited edition sparked his republication in 1893 of the poem itself accompanied by K. Fisher's phototypes of the six best plates by Sokolov, plus many vignettes, along with two additional plates by Lavr Beliankin (published here for the first time).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 1893 volume was lauded by contemporary reviewers as 'the most elegant and luxurious of all those that have appeared thus far' (Russkaia mysl). The great collector and Pushkinist Smirnov-Sokolskii, who ended up buying the original album, considered Sokolov's drawings to be among the best illustrations of Pushkin's poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLimited edition, tall 8vo (25 x 17 cm); half-title, title, dedication, 243 pp., table of contents, phototype frontispiece, 8 plates and 16 illustrations in text, all by K. A. Fisher after Pavel Petrovich Sokolov and L. L. 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