House "In the Nikita" on 27 January: "Rare books, autographs and documents"
ARTinvestment.RU   22 января 2016

In the auction catalog rare books, autographs, documents, albums, Newspapers and manuscripts — a total of 510 lots

January 27 "house of antique books In Nikitsky" will open the 2016 season with his 69-м auction. In the auction catalog rare books, autographs, documents, albums, Newspapers and manuscripts — a total of 510 lots.

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Open catalogue of rare editions of the XVIII century. Among them are such items as "Book power of the Royal genealogy, containing the history of the Russian Anya from the beginning until the time of the Sovereign Tsar and Grand Prince Ioann Vasilyevich" 1775 (lot 4), "the Response of major General Boltina to the letter from Prince Shcherbatov" 1789 (lot 9) and "the Outline of mythology with enclosed assignate hundred of images, issued in favor of the youth of both sexes" J. Lynne 1792 (lot 10).

In literature about travel, as indicated by the organizers, the interest is "the Latest interesting and authentic narrative about Eastern Siberia" 1817 (lot 16), and "a Trip to the Arctic sea" by Friedrich Beliavsky 1833 edition (lot 27).

At the auction on January 27, the first and lifetime editions of Russian classics. This is a poetic debut E. A. Baratynsky "ed, Finland novel..." 1826 (lot 20), an instance in publishing printed covers; the first edition of "Woe from wit" by Alexander Griboyedov 1833, and "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin of the same year (lots 26 and 28). The auction house noted the first book of a friend of Pushkin N. M. Yazykov — "Poems" of 1833 (lot 29) and a collection of fables by I. A. Krylov 1843 (lot 33), first book of poems by A. Maykov 1842 (lot 32) and the second lifetime edition of a poem of N. V. Gogol "Dead souls" 1846 (lot 35). Admirers of Gogol and the Russian tradition of book illustration is lot 37 — "one Hundred drawings from the works of N. V. Gogol: Dead souls" 1846 prints artist A. Agin.

Attention history lovers, the organizers of the auction pay "Annalistic narrative of little Russia and her people and Cossacks in General" 1847 (lot 39), "Notes of the Decembrists", released in London in 1862 (lot 60), and a full set of "Materials on the history of Russian garments and conditions of life people" V. Prokhorov, produced in the eighties of the XIX century

the Most valuable lot of these auction organizers called the "Coronation collection on may 14, 1896". Two-volume collection was published in 1899. The first volume includes a detailed history of the tradition of the coronation in Russia, and a review of Russian coronations. In the second volume of — detailed description of the coronation of Nicholas II, as well as numerous documentaries, accompanying manifests, decrees, programs of events, lists of guests, who arrived in Moscow for participation in celebrations, menus for all occasions. The coronation of Nicholas II had traditionally become a Grand national holiday, what advance notification to the population of the Russian Empire, all Metropolitan and provincial Newspapers. To work on the design of the collection, in order to preserve the memory of the coronation for posterity, the Moscow General-губернатор responsible for inviting in the mother see of best artists: Alexandre Benois, Vasnetsov, Lebedev, V. Makovsky, I. Repin, A. Ryabushkin, V. Serov...

Ten volumes of the works of the famous playwright N. Puppeteer Smirdin publications, 1851-1852 (lot 47) is represented in publishing font cover, which is extremely rare.

Is in the auction catalogue and books on military history. On sale will feature an essay Kuban politician and public figure of F. A. Shcherbina, "History of the Kuban Cossack army" (lot 229). Two volumes, produced between 1910 and 1913, gives an overview of the history of the region and Cossacks from the middle ages to the late NINETEENTH century and still remains a valuable scientific source for researchers.

a Unique instance — the first issue of the newspaper "Pravda" (lot 241). The discovery of this room is devoted to the note B. Kosourova in the newspaper "Tomsk Pravda": "In the cache. Students found the first edition of the newspaper "Pravda". Lot attached copy of the note.

In the final part of the auction organizers advise you to pay attention to the photo album "Moscow. November 1941" (lot 470). Placed in the album photos Dmitri Baltermants, Margaret Borok-Уайт, Teodor Bunimovich, Leonid Velikzhanina, Mikhail Grachev, Gurarie Samaria.

Pre-auction exhibition is open from 10:00 to 20:00 every day except Sunday and Monday, at the address: Moscow, Nikitsky lane 4A, page 1.

the Auction will be held on January 27. Start of trading in 19:30.

Source: press-релиз House of antique books "In the Nikita"