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MIKHAILOV MIKHAIL (1829-1865) Svyatki: [Rasskaz] St. Petersburg: Korolev & Co. Printing House, 1854. – 144 pages; 17 cm.

Lotto 683
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In a period composite binding.In a period composite binding. Leather spine with gilt embossing, covers in “marbled” paper. In good condition. Wear to the binding, a crack along the spine, loss of a fragment from the lower part of the spine, reinforced title page along the spine, moisture stain in the upper free corner of the first pages, loss of a small fragment of the title page corner, pre-revolutionary numbering, foxing. First separate edition. MIKHAIL LARIONOVICH MIKHAILOV (1829-1865) – Russian poet, translator, political activist, and feminist. In the late 1850s and early 1860s, he was one of the leading figures of the revolutionary underground in Russia and was arrested for distributing revolutionary proclamations in St. Petersburg. In 1862, he was exiled to the Nerchinsk penal labor camp in Siberia. Among the first to advocate for political equality and voting rights for women, he earned the title of "the founder of the women's question" for his contributions.


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