DIKS, B. A. Igrushki [Toys.] Moscow: I. Knebel, [1911]. 2 volumes. 4to. Each [12] pp. Color lithographs by Narbut. Original decorated lithographed wrappers designed by Narbut. Spine rubbed; some internal soiling; ink blot on final page of text of Vol. 2 but not affecting text or image. The rare two-volume masterpiece by the famous Ukrainian artist. The verses describe how a little boy travels to an enchanted toy village on the back of his hobby horse. Narbut dedicated the pictures to his teachers and fellow Mir Iskusstva artists Alexandre Benois and Mstislav Dobuzinsky. Benois, a well-known collector of Russian folk toys, encouraged Narbut to collect them too.Igrushki was one of the few original texts in Knebel's celebrated "Gift Book" series commissioned from an unknown poet probably to fit the illustrations.
DIKS, B. A. Igrushki [Toys.] Moscow: I. Knebel, [1911]. 2 volumes. 4to. Each [12] pp. Color lithographs by Narbut. Original decorated lithographed wrappers designed by Narbut. Spine rubbed; some internal soiling; ink blot on final page of text of Vol. 2 but not affecting text or image. The rare two-volume masterpiece by the famous Ukrainian artist. The verses describe how a little boy travels to an enchanted toy village on the back of his hobby horse. Narbut dedicated the pictures to his teachers and fellow Mir Iskusstva artists Alexandre Benois and Mstislav Dobuzinsky. Benois, a well-known collector of Russian folk toys, encouraged Narbut to collect them too.Igrushki was one of the few original texts in Knebel's celebrated "Gift Book" series commissioned from an unknown poet probably to fit the illustrations.
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