Basni I. Krylova [Krylov's Fables].
Stock Code 113078
St Petersburg, A. S. Suvorin, 1895
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An excellent illustrated edition of Krylov's fables in a wonderful Art Nouveau binding.
Ivan Krylov (1769-1844) is Russia's best known fabulist. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop's and La Fontaine's, later fables were original work, often satirising the incompetent bureaucracy that stifled social progress at the time.
8vo (22 x 15 cm); two portraits, two full page illustrations and 27 illustrations in the text; publisher's decorative green cloth gilt, edges of spine and corners slightly bumped, a very good copy.
Ivan Krylov (1769-1844) is Russia's best known fabulist. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop's and La Fontaine's, later fables were original work, often satirising the incompetent bureaucracy that stifled social progress at the time.
8vo (22 x 15 cm); two portraits, two full page illustrations and 27 illustrations in the text; publisher's decorative green cloth gilt, edges of spine and corners slightly bumped, a very good copy.
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