KHOVANSKII, Grigorii Aleksandrovich (1767-1796). Moe Prazdnoe Vremia. Ili sobranie nekatorykh melkikh sochinenii i perevodov v stikhakh. [My Idle Time. Or a collection of a few small essays and translations in verse.] St Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Science, 1793. 8° (203 x 119mm). (Minute loss in the fore-margin of first few leaves, ink spot in margin of leaf G4.) Contemporary Russian calf-backed purple boards, flat spine gilt in compartments, gilt label, marbled edges (extremities rubbed, sides scuffed, small loss to the fore-edge of the front board).
FIRST EDITION OF THE POET’S FIRST BOOK, one of only two published in his short life. Count Khovanskii is best known today as the translator of Voltaire into Russian, but his fine poetry was appreciated by many, including Karamzin, who wrote in praise of Khovanskii after his death. 600 copies printed, this copy in its first binding. Smirnov-Sokol’skii Moia biblioteka I, 297; Sopikov 6266; SK III 8043.
KHOVANSKII, Grigorii Aleksandrovich (1767-1796). Moe Prazdnoe Vremia. Ili sobranie nekatorykh melkikh sochinenii i perevodov v stikhakh. [My Idle Time. Or a collection of a few small essays and translations in verse.] St Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Science, 1793. 8° (203 x 119mm). (Minute loss in the fore-margin of first few leaves, ink spot in margin of leaf G4.) Contemporary Russian calf-backed purple boards, flat spine gilt in compartments, gilt label, marbled edges (extremities rubbed, sides scuffed, small loss to the fore-edge of the front board).
FIRST EDITION OF THE POET’S FIRST BOOK, one of only two published in his short life. Count Khovanskii is best known today as the translator of Voltaire into Russian, but his fine poetry was appreciated by many, including Karamzin, who wrote in praise of Khovanskii after his death. 600 copies printed, this copy in its first binding. Smirnov-Sokol’skii Moia biblioteka I, 297; Sopikov 6266; SK III 8043.
![KHOVANSKII, Grigorii Aleksandrovich (1767-1796). Moe Prazdnoe Vremia. Ili sobranie nekatorykh melkikh sochinenii i perevodov v stikhakh. [My Idle Time. Or a collection of a few small essays and translations in verse.] St Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Science, 1793. 8° (203 x 119mm). (Minute loss in the fore-margin of first few leaves, ink spot in margin of leaf G4.) Contemporary Russian calf-backed purple boards, flat spine gilt in compartments, gilt label, marbled edges (extremities rubbed, sides scuffed, small loss to the fore-edge of the front board).](/lot-images/5949465/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_10457_0086_000(khovanskii_grigorii_aleksandrovich_moe_prazdnoe_vremia_ili_sobranie_ne101810).jpg?maxwidth=3840)