[BURLYUK, D.; KHLEBNIKOV, V.], first publications Studiya impressionistov: sbornik ['Studio of Impressionists: a collection']; edited by N.I. Kul’bin. Book 1. [St Petersburg]: [N.I. Butkovskaya, 1910].

[4], 127, [2] pp.: ill., 5 plates; 28 × 20.5 cm. Limited to 2000 copies. Illustrations by E.P. Vashchenko, N.I. Kul’bin, L.F. Shmit-Ryzhova; title-page vignette by A.A. Andreev (Dunichev), reproduced in tone and three-colour autotype. In the ownership leather binding. A fragment of the illustrated publisher’s cover by L.F. Schmidt-Ryzhova is glued to the front cover. In good condition. Block slightly trimmed; a mark from a sticker on the half-title page; faint foxing in the block. One of the earliest books of the Russian avant-garde, published in the same year as ‘Sadok sudey’: the present collection appeared in March 1910, while ‘Sadok sudey’ was issued in May 1910 (see Polyakov). The volume includes contributions by N. Kul’bin (‘Svobodnoe iskusstvo kak osnova zhizni: Garmoniya i dissonans’), N. Evreinov (‘Predstavlenie lyubvi’), A. Borisyak (‘O zhivopisi muzyki’), A. Ballier (‘Wagang’, on Javanese puppet theatre), A. Gidoni (‘Tsarevna i luna’), as well as poetic works. First appearance of poems by Velimir Khlebnikov: ‘Zaklyatie smekhom’ and ‘Trushchoby: byli napolneny zvukom trushchoby…’ (pp. 47–48). First appearance of poems by David Burlyuk: ‘Prazdno goluboy’ and ‘Zelenoe i goluboe’ (p. 46). Bibliography: Polyakov, no. 4; Okhlopkov, p. 38.