Kyiv, Vydannia Derzhavnaho Vydavnytstva, 1920
Incredibly scarce copy of Mystetstvo, an important Ukrainian art and literary journal edited by leading futurist poet, Mykhailo Semenko. Only eight issues were published in total, six between May and July 1919, one later in 1919, and the present example, in April 1920. This issue was notably designed by Heorhiy Narbut, widely acknowledged as the greatest Ukrainian illustrator of the 20th century. As a result of the Civil War and later cultural and political purges many copies were lost or destroyed. Contributors included some of the most significant figures in the arts: Blakytny, Burachek, Petrytskyi, Polishchuk, Slivchenko, Tychyna, Koriak, Yaroshenko, inter alia. WorldCat locates just one copy at Columbia University.
First edition, 4to (30.5 x 22.7 cm); 82pp., frontispiece and head and tailpieces designed by Narbut; original wrappers printed in yellow and black after Narbut (replicating the design of the frontispiece), repairs to spine, wrapper margins a little age toned, short close tear to bottom margin of the whole book, a very good copy.
First edition, 4to (30.5 x 22.7 cm); 82pp., frontispiece and head and tailpieces designed by Narbut; original wrappers printed in yellow and black after Narbut (replicating the design of the frontispiece), repairs to spine, wrapper margins a little age toned, short close tear to bottom margin of the whole book, a very good copy.
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