KHERASKOV M.M. (1733-1807) Epicheskiya tvoreniya Mikhayla Kheraskova, deystvitel’nago statskago sovetnika, Imperatorskago Moskovskago universiteta kuratora i Rossiyskoy akademii chlena [The Epic Works of Mikhail Kheraskov, Actual State Councillor, Curator of the Imperial Moscow University and Member of the Russian Academy]. 2nd ed., corrected, revised and enlarged: [in 2 parts]. Moscow: V Universitetskoy tip. u N. Novikova, 1786-1787.

Part 2: [Vladimir, an epic poem. The Fruits of Learning, a didactic poem]. - [2], 264 pp.; 25.5 x 20 cm. Pagination errors. In a late 20th-century half-leather binding imitating a period binding. In good condition. Text block slightly trimmed, minor soiling. Ownership inscription on the title page: ‘From the books of Arseny, Archbishop of Rostov and Yaroslavl’. The ‘Epic Works’ were published only once, by Novikov in 1786-1787. The reference to a second edition on the title page applies not to the collection as a whole but to the individual works it contains. A lifetime edition of Mikhail Matveevich Kheraskov (1733-1807), writer and statesman, a leading figure of Russian Classicism. Literature: SK XVIII, no. 8037. Provenance: Archbishop Arseny (born V.I. Vereshchagin; 1736-1799), bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov. He owned a personal library of several thousand volumes, published mainly in foreign languages in Europe and Russia, most of which is now held in the Yaroslavl and Rostov Museum-Reserves. Thanks to Vereshchagin, his close acquaintance A.I. Musin-Pushkin came into possession of the manuscript of ‘The Tale of Igor’s Campaign’.