KRYLOV, Ivan Andreevich; ZHABA, Al'fons Konstantinovich (illustrator).
Basni Krylova. [Krylov's Fables].
Stock Code
104015
St Petersburg, A. F. Devrien, 1911
£1,500
Description
First edition; large 4to (31.5 x 23 cm); 48 chromolithographs (including one frontispiece) and 105 in text illustrations after A. Zhaba, red edges, white moiré endpapers, slight staining to margins; original pictorial cloth binding with gilt detail, dog design to lower cover, spine with gilt title and peacock and spider design, upper cover a little faded and minor staining to spine, edges bumped, overall a very good copy.
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