984 - ILLYUSTRIROVANNAYA ROSSIYA [ILLUSTRATED RUSSIA] - CENTENARY OF A.S. PUSHKIN

ILLYUSTRIROVANNAYA ROSSIYA [ILLUSTRATED RUSSIA] - CENTENARY OF A.S. PUSHKIN 1) A.S. Pushkin i ego epokha [A.S. Pushkin and His Era]: [special issue]. Paris: La Russie illustrée, 1937. 144, [4] pp.: ill.; 32 x 25 cm. In the publisher’s illustrated wrapper. In good condition. Minor rubbing, soiling, small tears to the spine and edges of the wrapper. This large special issue of ‘Illustrated Russia’ was based on the exhibition ‘Pushkin and His Era’ organised by S. Lifar. It contains articles and notes on the life and work of the great poet, facsimiles of Pushkin’s manuscripts and drawings, and reproductions of works by 19th- and 20th-century artists and sculptors (I. Aivazovsky, A. Benois, F. Bruni, M. Dobuzhinsky, D. Kardovsky, V. Tropinin, I. Levitan, C. Fabergé and others). 2) Illyustrirovannaya Rossiya. Pushkinskiy nomer: 1837-1937 [Illustrated Russia. Pushkin Issue: 1837-1937]. No. 7 (613), 1937. 28 pp.: ill.; 32 x 25 cm. In the publisher’s illustrated wrapper. In good condition. Minor soiling, small tears to the spine. The journal ‘Illustrated Russia’ was founded in Paris in 1924 by Miron Petrovich Mironov, on the model of the pre-revolutionary illustrated literary and artistic weeklies so familiar to Russian émigrés. From 1929 the journal had a free literary supplement, the ‘Library of the Best Russian and Foreign Writers’ (24 volumes a year). From the outset the leading writers and poets of the emigration published in its pages. It was printed on fine coated paper with elegantly designed covers, a number of them by well-known Russian artists - F.A. Malyavin, K.A. Korovin, D. Stelletsky, A.E. Yakovlev, B.V. Zvorykin, F. Rojankovsky, I.Ya. Bilibin, A.N. Benois and others. Upon the buyer’s request, we are pleased to provide a general condition report for the Lot described above. However, as we are not professional conservators or restorers, we strongly advise prospective buyers to conduct their own inspection or consult a specialist or restorer of their choice for a comprehensive professional assessment. Any condition descriptions provided in the catalogue or through any correspondence are for guidance only and should not be considered a substitute for a firsthand evaluation. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD ‘AS IS’ IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE.