Pushkin A.S./Vasnetsov,Karazi,Lebedev - [Цинкографии] Большой альбом к сочинениям А. С. Пушкина. - 1887

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[Zincographs] A large album of A.S. Pushkin's works. Compiled from drawings by V. Vasnetsov, P. Zagorsky, A. Zemtsov, I. Kamenev, N. Karazin, V. Kryukov, N. Lebedev, M. Malyshev, M. Mate, I. Panov, and R. Stein. St. Petersburg: F. Pavlenkov Publishing House; Publishing House: Public Benefit, 1887. [4] pp., 46 sheets of illustrations, 27×18 cm. In the publisher's cardboard binding. In very good condition.

Not available in the Russian National Library; the copy in the Russian State Library is lost; not recorded for sale anywhere. A rarity.

A luxurious jubilee edition, dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the poet's death. The album includes portraits of the poet, illustrations to his works, views of places associated with his life, and facsimiles of manuscripts produced by leading engravers of the time. The publication was distinguished by its high-quality printing and became a model of pre-revolutionary book illustration.