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NARBUT, Georgii Ivanovich (1886 - 1920) (illustra

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St. Petersburg: [S. N. Troinitskii], January-December 1913. 12 issues. 214 pp. Folio (255 x 185 mm). Edited by S[ergei] N[ikolaevich] Troinitskii. Headpieces by G. I. Narbut. Original decorated blue wrappers designed by G. I. Narbut. Condition: occasional soiling, creasing to covers; a few gluestains from bookplates. Provenance: last two issues with the bookplate of Petr Ivanovich Neradovskii, designed by Dmitrii Dmitrievich Bushen in 1921. complete run of twelve issues of this rare heraldic periodical in the original wrappers for 1913. The great Ukrainian artist Narbut provided not only the standard wrappers (that also served as the title page) but also an ornate headpiece in the Napoleonic style in each issue. P. I. Neradovskii (1875-1962) was an artist and art historian; D. D. Bushen (1893-1984) was a member of the Mir Iskusstva [World of Art] group and assistant keeper of the art gallery in The Hermitage Museum. (12)

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