GRIBOYEDOV ALEXANDER (1795-1829) Gore ot uma: Komediya v chetyrekh deystviyakh, v stikhakh. - [Woe from Wit: A Comedy in Four Acts, in Verse].2nd edition. St. Petersburg: Voennaya tip., 1839

- [4], 202 p.; frontispiece. Engraved portrait of A. Griboyedov in an octagonal frame. Composite binding of the era: leather corners and spine with gold decorative embossing, marbled paper. The book contains an article by K. Polevoy titled "On the Life and Works of A. Griboedov." The edition is rare because, despite its high price of 5 rubles in assignats, it quickly sold out.Nowadays 'good editions of this publication are perhaps rarer than the examples of the first edition of 1833". Engraved portrait of the author in an octagonal frame. Second edition (miniature). Bibliography: Smirnov-Sokolsky No. 644; Lesman 681.