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Pesn' o Veshchem Olege: K stoletiyu o dnia rozhdeniia Pushkina 26 Maia 1899 god.

[The Song of Wise Oleg].

Stock Code 93361

Eksp. zagotov. gos. bumag, Skt. Peterburg, [1899].

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a 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.

Illustrated 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.

Small 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.

Kilgour 897; Seslavinskiy, Girlianda 189.
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Pesn' o Veshchem Olege: K stoletiyu o dnia rozhdeniia Pushkina 26 Maia 1899 god.

VASNETSOV, Vasiliy; ZAMIRAILO, V. D. (illustrators); PUSHKIN, Alexander.

Stock code: 93361

$2,491.00

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