VIAZEMSKY PAVEL PETROVICH (1820-1888), prince. Word of Igor’s regiment: Pavel Petrovich Viazemsky’s study of versions.

SPb.: A. Transhel’ printing house and chromolithography. 1877. - [4], 266, [2] p.; 27х18,5 cm. In semi-leather cover of the time, the front cover is detached from the main unit. Bookplate of collector and manufacturer, Russian ‘brick’ king Piotr Karpovich Shaposhnikiv (1869 – after 1916) on the front flyleaf. The Author devoted his work to prove a thesis of predominant influence of the ancient writing culture and teachings of the Gnostics on the Word. Lifetime edition. Provenance: collection of José Joanne (1924-2103), prominent French Slavist, translator of the Russian classic literature.