PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837) – Nevskii al’manakh na 1827 god. [The Nevskii Almanac for the year 1827.] St Petersburg: at the press of the Department of Public Education, 1826.
The first edition of this rare periodical with numerous contributions by Pushkin: 8 passages from Bakhchisaraiskii fonta illustrated by 4 original engraved plates, and the first publication of 9 moralizing quatrains: 'Ravnovesie', 'Udel geniia', 'Vernoe predskazanie', 'Spravedlivost poslovitsy', 'Mstitel’nost', 'Nepokolebimost', 'Sila i slabost', 'Lebed i gus', and 'Martyshka'. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates only one copy, at Harvard’s Houghton Library. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Pushkin 69.
Octavo (140 x 95mm). With the 2 final blanks. Engraved additional title, frontispiece, and 4 plates by Galaktionov (occasional light marginal spotting or staining, including in the title). Contemporary Russian calf, the spine flat and tooled in compartments, morocco label (extremities rubbed, sides scuffed). Provenance: indistinct Cyrillic title stamp; manuscript shelf label on the pastedown.
PUSHKIN, Alexander (1799-1837) – Nevskii al’manakh na 1827 god. [The Nevskii Almanac for the year 1827.] St Petersburg: at the press of the Department of Public Education, 1826.
The first edition of this rare periodical with numerous contributions by Pushkin: 8 passages from Bakhchisaraiskii fonta illustrated by 4 original engraved plates, and the first publication of 9 moralizing quatrains: 'Ravnovesie', 'Udel geniia', 'Vernoe predskazanie', 'Spravedlivost poslovitsy', 'Mstitel’nost', 'Nepokolebimost', 'Sila i slabost', 'Lebed i gus', and 'Martyshka'. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction; WorldCat locates only one copy, at Harvard’s Houghton Library. Smirnov-Sokol’skii, Pushkin 69.
Octavo (140 x 95mm). With the 2 final blanks. Engraved additional title, frontispiece, and 4 plates by Galaktionov (occasional light marginal spotting or staining, including in the title). Contemporary Russian calf, the spine flat and tooled in compartments, morocco label (extremities rubbed, sides scuffed). Provenance: indistinct Cyrillic title stamp; manuscript shelf label on the pastedown.
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