DAL, Vladimir Ivanovich (pseud. of V. Luganskii; 1801-1872). Pokhozhdeniia Khristiana Khristianovicha Violdamira i ego arsheta. [The Adventures of Violdamir.] St. Petersburg: M.D. Ol'khin, 1844. 3 parts in one vol., (300 x 235mm). Additional engraved title, and 50 plates after A.N. Sapozhnikov. (Additional title torn with some loss and repaired, some spotting.) Contemporary Russian green quarter roan, letterd up the spine in gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: P.A. Efremov (author, publisher, collector; label, binding) -- Gubar & Vol'kov, bookellers (label) -- Paul M. Fekula.

DAL, Vladimir Ivanovich (pseud. of V. Luganskii; 1801-1872). Pokhozhdeniia Khristiana Khristianovicha Violdamira i ego arsheta. [The Adventures of Violdamir.] St. Petersburg: M.D. Ol'khin, 1844. 3 parts in one vol., (300 x 235mm). Additional engraved title, and 50 plates after A.N. Sapozhnikov. (Additional title torn with some loss and repaired, some spotting.) Contemporary Russian green quarter roan, letterd up the spine in gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: P.A. Efremov (author, publisher, collector; label, binding) -- Gubar & Vol'kov, bookellers (label) -- Paul M. Fekula.

FIRST EDITION. RARE. THE EFREMOV-FEKULA COPY. A very good copy of Dal's adventures of an itinerant violinist and his dog, superbly illustrated by Sapozhnikov. This one the variant issued together with the text; a variant is known issued with the plates only. Burtsev 1558; Fekula 4940 (this copy); Obol'ianinov 1514; Smirnov-Sokol'skii 668.