DAL VLADIMIR (1801-1872) Poslovitsy russkogo naroda: Sbornik poslovits, pogovorok, recheniy, prislavii, chistogovorok, pribautok, zagadok, poveriy i proch. - 3-e izd., bez peremen: v 8 t. SPb.; M.: t-vo M.O. Vol'f, 1904. [Proverbs of the Russian People: A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, Utterances, Proverbs, Tongue Twisters, Fables, Riddles, Beliefs, and More]. 3rd edition, unchanged: in 8 volumes. St. Petersburg; Moscow: M.O. Wolf, 1904.

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[Vol. 1-4 of 8]. Vol. 1. - [2], XXXII, 132 pages; Vol. 2. - [2], 135-276 pages; Vol. 3. - [2], 128 pages; Vol. 4. - [2], 129-263 pages; 20x13 cm. In an owner's period half-leather binding. Gold-embossed banded spine. In the lower margin of the spine superexlibris "S.H.". In good condition. Minor damage to the leather of the spine in the upper edge, ownership notes on the front endpaper, library stamp, and numbers from the 1930s on the title page (Vol. 1) and the reverse of the last page of the block. One of the fundamental works of the great Russian ethnographer and lexicographer Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (1801-1872).