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[AKHMATOVA A., GUMILEV N., BLOK A., BALMONT K., et al.] Erotika v russkoy poezii (sbornik stikhov) [Erotica in Russian Poetry (Collection of Poems)]; edited and with commentary by B. Brodsky. Berlin: Russkoye Universalnoye Izdatelstvo, 1922.

Lot 710
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192 pages; 16 × 12 cm. – (Vsemirny Panteon. No. 37-39). In the publisher’s typographic cover. In good condition. Rubbing to the cover, tears to the cover and spine, spine reinforced with paper, text block slightly loosened. The collection includes erotic-themed poems by Russian literary classics and contemporary poets of the time, including Pushkin, Lermontov, Gumilev, Vyach. Ivanov, Blok, Akhmatova, Severyanin, and others.


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