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Title Russkie narodnye skazki [Russian Folk Tales]. |
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Published, Date I. D. Sytin, Moskva,1913-14. |
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Description Five volumes 8vo (25 x 18 cm). LXII pp. incl. decorated title, [1], 224, [2] pp., 2 plates incl. one colour and protected by printed tissue guard; 335 incl. decorated title, [1] pp., colour pl. protected by printed tissue guard; 292 incl. decorated title, [1] pp., colour pl. protected by printed tissue guard; 288 incl. decorated title, [2] pp., colour pl. protected by printed tissue guard; 275 incl. decorated title, [1] pp., colour pl. protected by printed tissue guard; a tissue guard loose. Publisher's green cloth binding decorated and lettered in gilt and black with blind embossing to lower cover, flat lettered and decorated spine, all edges marbled; lightly bumped at extremities. |
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Note Fine copy of the first edition illustrated in colour of these celebrated Russian folk tales, also the richest collection at the time of publication. This fourth edition was also designed to be more convenient for reading by increasing the font size as well as by adding an index and a longer bibliography. Afanasev (1826-71) was a celebrated Russian folklorist, having progressively created the largest folktale collection by any one man in the world at his time. |
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