A PRECIOUS RUSSIAN ROMANTIC BINDING SIGNED BY KHYTROV

RACINE, JEAN. Oeuvres complètes de J. Racine. Paris, Librairie de Fortic, 1826.

4to (213x139 mm), contemporary full morocco binding signed KHYTROV (in cyrillic type) at foot of the spine, gilt borders on both covers, central gilt lozenges, seven raised bands spine with gilt decorations at compartments, gilt titles, gilt edges, pp. (1), (1, blank), III, (1, blank), 694.

Beautiful Parisian edition of Racine’s «Complete Works», in a precious Romantic binding.

Provenance: 1. Two round small ex-libris, both typed in cyrillic letters: the first announce that the book is a prize for a worker, the second contains the name of the Moscow «master binder Khytrov» and the date of the binding (1833). 2. Stamp of G.B. Frassoni at title-page.

Traces of use at the binding (a little worn); uniform foxing, but a good copy.