SALTYKOV, Mikhail (Illustrated by V Prokopiev)
| Title | Skazka o tom, kak muzhik dvuh generalov spas. сказка о том, как мужик двух генералов спас. [The story of how a peasant saved two generals]. S kratkim zhizneopisaniem M. E. Slatykova-Shchedrina. No. 28. |
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| Illustrator | Prokopiev |
| Publisher | Moscow Moskva Krasnaya Nov'. Красная новь |
| Date | 1923 |
| Book ID | 26583 |
| First Edition |
Description
A very nice bright copy in original lithographed wrappers by V Prokopiev, b/w in-text illustrations by the artist. Very rare. No copies in major national libraries.
Clean and tight. Paper browning a little. A little neat pencil underscoring.
Satirical tale, first published in 1869, by Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н (pseudonym Nikolai Shchedrin) and prefaced by his biography.
From the library of Russian art historian Alan Bird.
Price:
£250.00
