Auction Preview: The Golden Age of Russian Literature: A Private European Collection at Christie’s, London, July 9
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What: The Golden Age of Russian Literature: A Private European CollectionWhere: Christie’s, 8 King Street, St. James’s, LondonWhen: July 9, 10:30 AMPublic Viewing: July 6, 12pm - 5pm, July 7, 12pm - 5pm, July 8, 9am - 4:30pm, July 8, 6pm - 8:30pmTop LotsAuction Preview: The Golden Age of Russian Literature: A Private European Collection at Christie’s, London, July 9
What: The Golden Age of Russian Literature: A Private European CollectionWhere: Christie’s, 8 King Street, St. James’s, LondonWhen: July 9, 10:30 AMPublic Viewing: July 6, 12pm - 5pm, July 7, 12pm - 5pm, July 8, 9am - 4:30pm, July 8, 6pm - 8:30pmTop Lots at the Sale:— “Evgenii Onegin. Roman v stikhakh. Gl. 1. [Eugene Onegin. A novel in verse. Chapter 1],” Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837). St Petersburg: at the press of the Department of Public Instruction, 1825. [With:] Evgenii Onegin. Roman v stikhakh. Gl. 2. Moscow, A. Semen at the Imperial Medico-Surgical Academy, 1826. [With:] Evgenii Onegin. Roman v stikhakh. Gl. 3-8. St Petersburg, Department of Public Education, 1827-32. Featured in lot 90. Estimate: GBP 120,000 — GBP 160,000 (USD 151,920 — USD 202,560)— “Vechera na khutore bliz dikan’ki. Kn. 1-2 [Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka. Books 1-2],” Gogol, Nikolai Vasil’evich (1809-1852). St Petersburg: Department of Public Education [vol. 1], and A. Pliushar [vol.2], 1831-1832. The very rare first edition of Gogol’s first masterpiece and his first obtainable book, a collection of comical tales of provincial life. Featured in lot 36. Estimate: GBP 70,000 — GBP 100,000 (USD 88,620 — USD 126,600)— “Basni. [Fables],” Krylov, Ivan Andreevich (1768-1844). St Petersburg: Government Provincial Press, 1809. The first lifetime edition of the first book of Fables, the genre by which Krylov obtained lasting renown as ‘the Russian La Fontaine.’ It gathers 23 stories inspired by the fabulistic tradition running from Aesop to La Fontaine. Featured in lot 57. Estimate: GBP 50,000 — GBP 80,000 (USD 63,300 — USD 101,280)— “Ruslan i Liudmila. Poema v shesti pesniakh. [Ruslan and Liudmila. A Poem in Six Cantos],” Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837). St Petersburg: N. Grech, 1820. The very rare first edition of Pushkin’s first book, which ‘raised [Pushkin] to the summit of Russian Parnassus’ (V. Terras) – a remarkable copy in a contemporary Russian binding. Featured in lot 78. Estimate: GBP 50,000 — GBP 80,000 (USD 63,300 — USD 101,280)— “Stikhotvorenija. [Poems, Part 4],” Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837). St Petersburg: Imperial Russian Academy, 1835. [Bound after:] Kavkazkij plennik. [The Prisoner of the Caucasus]. St Petersburg: Press of the Department of Education, 1828. [And with:] Bakhchisarajskij fontan. [The Fountain of Bakhchisarai]. St Petersburg: Press of the Department of Education, 1830. Featured in lot 98. Estimate: GBP 40,000 — GBP 60,000 (USD 50,640 — USD 75,960)— “Stikhotvoreniia. [Poems],” Pushkin, Alexander (1799-1837). St Petersburg: at the press of the Department of Public Education, 1826. The first edition of Pushkin’s rare first collection of poetry. A crisp and fresh copy. Featured in lot 84. Estimate: GBP 38,000 — GBP 45,000 (USD 48,108 — USD 56,970)— “Stikhotvorenija. [Poems],” Lermontov, Mikhail Yur’evich (1814-1841) St Petersburg: I. Glazunov, 1840. The first and only lifetime collection of verse, and Lermontov’s first book, ‘one of the rarest among the lifetime editions of our classics’ (Smirnov-Sokol’skii). Featured in lot 67. Estimate: GBP 30,000 —GBP 50,000 (USD 37,980 — USD 63,300)For details, visit: https://www.christies.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the salehttps://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more