PUSHKIN, Alexander Sergeevich.

Kapitanskaia Dochka. [The Captain's Daughter].

Stock Code

106265

Moscow, Gautier, 1891

£2,750

A limited edition of Pushkin's historical novel based on Pugachev's rebellion of 1773. Originally published in 1836, it is a masterful tale of love and rebellion set in the time of Catherine the Great.

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Limited 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, an excellent example.