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KRYLOV IVAN (1769-1844) Basni Ivana Krylova [Fables of Ivan Krylov: In Eight Volumes]. 40.000 edition. St. Petersburg: Izd. A. Smirdina; v tip. A.A. Plyushara, 1840. - [4], 300, VIII p.: il., engraved title page, 1 frontispiece; 22.3x14.5 cm. A lifetime edition.

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KRYLOV IVAN (1769-1844) Basni Ivana Krylova [Fables of Ivan Krylov: In Eight Volumes]. 40.000 edition. St. Petersburg: Izd. A. Smirdina; v tip. A.A. Plyushara, 1840. - [4], 300, VIII p.: il., engraved title page, 1 frontispiece; 22.3x14.5 cm. A lifetime edition.
KRYLOV IVAN (1769-1844) Basni Ivana Krylova [Fables of Ivan Krylov: In Eight Volumes]. 40.000 edition. St. Petersburg: Izd. A. Smirdina; v tip. A.A. Plyushara, 1840. - [4], 300, VIII p.: il., engraved title page, 1 frontispiece; 22.3x14.5 cm. A lifetime edition.
KRYLOV IVAN (1769-1844) Basni Ivana Krylova [Fables of Ivan Krylov: In Eight Volumes]. 40.000 edition. St. Petersburg: Izd. A. Smirdina; v tip. A.A. Plyushara, 1840. - [4], 300, VIII p.: il., engraved title page, 1 frontispiece; 22.3x14.5 cm. A lifetime edition.
The engraved portrait of I.A. Krylov on the frontispiece and the engraved title page; 24 woodcut illustrations in the text by French artist Granville. In a semi-leather binding of the era. Leather binder strip. Wear, partial restoration of the leather fragment on the spine, loss of paper from the covers, stains, foxing. A lifetime edition. Bibliography: Obolyaninov No. 1393; Lesman No. 1189.