GRIBOEDOV, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1795-1829). Gore ot uma. [Woe from Wit]. Moscow: L.I. Stepanova, 1863. The first complete illustrated edition, with original engraved wrapper, of Griboedov’s ‘greatest literary achievement’ (Terras). This is the complete text which was granted publication by censors only in 1861, nearly thirty years after the play’s first edition. The handsome illustrations were designed by Johanson and engraved by Mikhailov. Rare: RBH and ABPC record no other copies having been offered at auction. Not in Smirnov-Sokol’skii. Terras, A Handbook of Russian Literature, p. 185. Octavo (232 x 150mm). 17 half-page wood engravings (heavily dampstained and browned, some thumbing, small marginal repairs, few pencilled annotations or drawings). Contemporary Russian quarter morocco, modern endpapers, original engraved upper wrapper preserved, gilt-lettered spine (upper hinge and boards scuffed, repair at head and foot, wrapper stained and soiled). Provenance : ‘S. Makarov’ (pencilled in Cyrillic to title) - ‘S.V. Makarov’ (inscription to first leaf) - manuscript shelfmark to rear pastedown.
GRIBOEDOV, Aleksandr Sergeevich (1795-1829). Gore ot uma. [Woe from Wit]. Moscow: L.I. Stepanova, 1863. The first complete illustrated edition, with original engraved wrapper, of Griboedov’s ‘greatest literary achievement’ (Terras). This is the complete text which was granted publication by censors only in 1861, nearly thirty years after the play’s first edition. The handsome illustrations were designed by Johanson and engraved by Mikhailov. Rare: RBH and ABPC record no other copies having been offered at auction. Not in Smirnov-Sokol’skii. Terras, A Handbook of Russian Literature, p. 185. Octavo (232 x 150mm). 17 half-page wood engravings (heavily dampstained and browned, some thumbing, small marginal repairs, few pencilled annotations or drawings). Contemporary Russian quarter morocco, modern endpapers, original engraved upper wrapper preserved, gilt-lettered spine (upper hinge and boards scuffed, repair at head and foot, wrapper stained and soiled). Provenance : ‘S. Makarov’ (pencilled in Cyrillic to title) - ‘S.V. Makarov’ (inscription to first leaf) - manuscript shelfmark to rear pastedown.
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