[A Tale about the Love between a Beautiful Queen and a Faithful Prince].
Petrograd, 1916
A charming children's book, finely illustrated in colour.
Egor Narbut (1886 – 1920) was a Ukrainian artist of many talents. A member of Mir Iskusstva, he developed his skills under the supervision and patronage of Benois, Bilibin and Bakst. Narbut is also widely known as the creator of the bank notes, postage stamps and charters of the short-lived Ukrainian National Republic.
Folio (29.3 x 21.6 cm). 63 pp. including title, with 5 chromolithographed plates. Later maroon cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover, original upper wrapper bound in; author's misspelled surname on upper cover corrected with pen.
M.V. Seslavinskiy, Girlianda iz knig i kartinok № 249.
Egor Narbut (1886 – 1920) was a Ukrainian artist of many talents. A member of Mir Iskusstva, he developed his skills under the supervision and patronage of Benois, Bilibin and Bakst. Narbut is also widely known as the creator of the bank notes, postage stamps and charters of the short-lived Ukrainian National Republic.
Folio (29.3 x 21.6 cm). 63 pp. including title, with 5 chromolithographed plates. Later maroon cloth, gilt lettering to upper cover, original upper wrapper bound in; author's misspelled surname on upper cover corrected with pen.
M.V. Seslavinskiy, Girlianda iz knig i kartinok № 249.
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