[CIRCLE OF LOVERS OF RUSSIAN FINE PRINTS] Russkaya zhiznʹ v epokhu Otechestvennoy voyny: Vystavka gravyur i risunkov. [Russian Life During the Patriotic War: Exhibition of Engravings and Drawings] St. Petersburg: Kruzhok lyubiteley russ. izyashchnykh izd; R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1912.
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– 91 p.: ill., 1 frontispiece (portrait), 13 ill.; 23x16 cm. – 400 copies.
Illustrated publisher’s cover. Tears on the spine. Engraved paper bookplate on the inner front cover bears the inscription ‘From the books of A.S. Molchanov’ (artist N. Ushin). Inscription: ‘A 184. – ’ on the page indicating the edition.
Enclosed: Invitation to the opening of the exhibition on 4 April 1912, organised in St. Petersburg by the Circle of Lovers of Russian Fine Editions. St. Petersburg: n.p., 1912]. – 1 p.; 20 x 13.8 cm.
Published on the occasion of the centenary of the Patriotic War of 1812, this edition is a catalogue of graphic works. The book opens with a historical essay by V.A. Vereshchagin, ‘Russkaya zhizn’ v epokhu Otechestvennoy voyny’ [‘Russian Life During the Era of the Patriotic War.’]
A rare bibliophile edition, printed in a limited edition of 400 copies.