Author

GERBEL, N.V., P. POLEVOY (ed.)

Title

Russkiye poeti v biografiyakh i obrazakh [Russian poets].

Published, Date

Stasiulevich, Skt. Peterburg, 1888.

Description

Octavo (25.7 x 18 cm). Half-title, title, [4], 581, IX; occasional spotting. Contemporary cloth with gilt lettering; spine slightly chipped on ends, slightly rubbed. Provenance: Yakovleva Olga Nikolaevna (inscription on half-title, stamp on title).

Note

Good example of this popular work, which presents more than 150 biographies and excerpts of Russian poets, from Lomonosov and Sumarokov to Nadson through the most famous names of Russian culture: Pushkin, Krylov, Lermontov, Tolstoy etc. It also includes a chapter of comic poetry. A lovely publisher's binding.

References

Stock Number

86959