Russia
BILIBIN, Ivan (illustrator) and N. A. RIMSKIY-KORSAKOV.
Skazka o tsar Saltan [The Tale of Tsar Saltan].
[St. Petersburg?, 1906?]. Landscape folio (25.7 x 32.3 cm). 20 pp. with 5 full-page and 6 smaller chromolithographs by Bilibin, signed and dated, decorative borders. Title page with an elaborate design by Bilibin; lacking wrappers, some biro marks on title verso.
Good copy of this celebrated work of Bilibin. Golynets lists a 1904-05 edition, and the front cover mentions the year 1905, but the frontispiece of this copy is dated 1906. Golynets pp. 10-12.
Price: £ 450
US Dollar Price: $ 900
Stock Number: 69737