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BILIBIN, Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942) (illustrator

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[St. Petersburg]: Ekspeditsiya zagotovleniya gosudarstvennykh bumag, 1901-1903. 4 vols.: Skazka ob Ivane Tsareviche, Zhar-ptitse i o serom volke [The Tale of Ivan Tsarevich, the Fire Bird and the Grey Wolf]; Tsarevna Lyagushka [The Frog Princess]; Sestritsa Alenushka i bratetse Ivanushka; Belaya utochka [Little Sister Alena and Little Brother Ivan; and The Little White Duck]; and Marya Morevna. Chromolithographs after I. Ya. Bilibin. Folio (320 x 255 mm). Two with original decorated wrappers; two bound in one vol. in cloth-backed boards. Condition: discolored, soiled and some foxing; one book rebacked with pages loose. I. Ya. Bilibin established his reputation as the greatest illustrator of Russian fairy tales with this elegant series. The environment he created for these beautifully printed picture books derived from artist's studies of old provincial Russian architecture and folk arts. (4)

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