FILIMONOV, Vladimir Sergeevich (1787-1858). Proza i Stikhi. [Prose and Verse.] Moscow: Avgust Semen, 1822. 2 volumes in one, 8° (228 x 140mm). With the half-titles. Two additional engraved titles by I. Cheskii after I. Ivanov. (Occasional negligible light spotting and minor soiling in the margins.) Contemporary Russian tree calf, flat spine in blind-tooled compartments, red and green morocco labels, edges yellow (corners rubbed).

FILIMONOV, Vladimir Sergeevich (1787-1858). Proza i Stikhi. [Prose and Verse.] Moscow: Avgust Semen, 1822. 2 volumes in one, 8° (228 x 140mm). With the half-titles. Two additional engraved titles by I. Cheskii after I. Ivanov. (Occasional negligible light spotting and minor soiling in the margins.) Contemporary Russian tree calf, flat spine in blind-tooled compartments, red and green morocco labels, edges yellow (corners rubbed).

FIRST EDITION. Filimonov counted Pushkin, Viazemskii and Batiushkov in his circle, and Pushkin is known to have had a copy of this work in his library. Filomonov also published Babochka and Zhivopisnaia Rossiia. An attractive copy in a contemporary binding. Rare: ABPC and RBH record only the Fekula copy at auction. Chereiskii, Pushkin i ego okuzhenie, p.443; Fekula 4684; Kilgour 315; Obol'ianinov 2802.