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KRYLOV, Ivan Andreevich (1768-1844) and Alfons Kon

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St. Peterburg: A. F. Devrien. [circa 1910]. 216 pp. Folio (310 x 235 mm). Rebound in marbled boards with the original decorated wrappers bound in. Printed by R. Golike and A. Vilborg, St. Petersburg. Condition: wrappers lightly thumbsoiled, tape repair to back wrapper. rare elegant silver age edition of krylov's classic fables in verse. Krylov was the Russian Aesop and La Fontaine. Devoting thirty years to the collection, he not only rendered many classic fables in direct, simple and idiomatic Russian but also wrote many originals based upon his observations of Russian life. Zhaba was a Georgian landscape painter. This edition of Krylov's Basni is not only Zhaba's finest work but also arguably the most beautiful Russian edition of this beloved classic.

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