PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837) – Uraniia. Karmannaia knizhka na 1826 god dlia liubitel’nits i liubitelei russkoi slovesnosti. [Urania. A Pocket-Sized Book for the Year 1826, for Amateurs and Lovers of Russian Literature.] Moscow: S. Selivanovskii, 1826.
The first edition of this rare almanac, which comprises the first appearance of five poems by Pushkin: 'Madrigal', 'Dvizhenie', 'Sovet', 'Solovei i kukushka', and 'Druzhba'. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates no copy outside of Russia. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Almanakhi, 280; Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Pushkin, 70.
Octavo (130 x 100mm). Additional engraved title (small early repair in the margin of the engraving; occasional light marginal spotting. 19th-century Russian red morocco, the spine gilt in compartments, edges sprinkled blue; endpapers marbled brown and orange (corners rubbed; small dampstain on the front board). Provenance: Russian bookseller (small stamps on the rear endpaper).
PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837) – Uraniia. Karmannaia knizhka na 1826 god dlia liubitel’nits i liubitelei russkoi slovesnosti. [Urania. A Pocket-Sized Book for the Year 1826, for Amateurs and Lovers of Russian Literature.] Moscow: S. Selivanovskii, 1826.
The first edition of this rare almanac, which comprises the first appearance of five poems by Pushkin: 'Madrigal', 'Dvizhenie', 'Sovet', 'Solovei i kukushka', and 'Druzhba'. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates no copy outside of Russia. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Almanakhi, 280; Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Pushkin, 70.
Octavo (130 x 100mm). Additional engraved title (small early repair in the margin of the engraving; occasional light marginal spotting. 19th-century Russian red morocco, the spine gilt in compartments, edges sprinkled blue; endpapers marbled brown and orange (corners rubbed; small dampstain on the front board). Provenance: Russian bookseller (small stamps on the rear endpaper).
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