May 21 journal about the book "holds its next auction," Antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers and autographs. " Pre-auction show opens today, May 18

Journal bibliophile "About Books" announces the seventh auction, "antiquarian books, manuscripts, autographs and historical papers, which will be held May 21, 2011 at 15.00 in the Nicholas Hall of the National Hotel (Moss, 15 /1).

Viewing of the lots will be held May 18-20, from 14.00 to 19.00 in antiquarian, secondhand salon "Reading Uncle Gilyaya (Nikita br, 8).

In the auction catalog presents over 500 lots of books, including about 200 books autographed by Russian and foreign writers from private collections of famous Soviet bookseller and collector Emanuel Povich Tsipelzona, writer Viktor Borisovich Shklovsky, literary Lazarus Illich Lazarev, violinist Galina Barinova and many others.

Among the books XVI - XVIII centuries are rare books Western writers (some of which are absent in the world's major treasures, such as the British Museum and the Paris National Library), documents and books associated with the names of kings Peter and Ivan, Paul I, Catherine II, Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov and others.

Among the most notable of lots of the XIX century it should be noted Debut works of famous Russian writers and poets: D. Davidov, A. Bestuzheva-Marlinskogo, Aksakov, Kozlova, N. Yazykov Khomiakov, Ershov, A. Maikova, Dostoyevsky, J. Polonsky, P. Vyazemsky, Tolstoy, I. Nikitina, A. Ostrovsky, M. Saltykov-Shchedrin, L. Mei, N. Ogarev, Tolstoy, D. Merezhkovsky and others. Most of these books are a rarity and almost never appear in the open market. Among the autographs of XIX century, stands the famous letter writer Pushkin's time Bulgarin F. P. Keppen associated with considerable controversy surrounding the famous work Bulgarin "Russia in a historical, statistical, geographical and literary relations, as well as an autograph painting a friend of Pushkin A. Delvig from the collection of EF Tsipelzona.

Among the autographs of XX century, we would like to mention lots of inskriptami Voloshin, Gumilev, Zoshchenko, Mikhail Bulgakov, Soloviev, A. Kuprin, S. Klychkov, Lunacharsky, Dovzhenko, Eisenstein, V. Pudovkin, D. Poor, Nemirovich-Danchenko, Malevich , K. Juon , M. Isakovsky, VA Corinth, Lili Brik, A. Novikov-Surf, K. Chukovsky Prishvin, A. Twardowski, A. Fadeev, A. Tolstoy, Shklovsky, I. Rozanova, VN Ilyin, N. Taffy, S. Gorodetsky, Vladimir M., N. Aseeva, Ehrenburg, S. Jutkevich, A. Bergholz, Olesha, Kaverina, A. Voznesensky, C. Simon, R. Christmas, Okudzhava, M. Kozakov, and other.

detailed directory on the web: www.aboutbooks.ru /auction .

Contact: Sergei Burmistrov, chief editor of" On Paper, tel.: 969-77-45.

Journal bibliophile "About Books" - a periodical, published with support from the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications, is designed for book collectors, experts in the field of book science and bibliography , the antiquarian book business experts, employees of public and private libraries, as well as all fans and admirers of the books. The journal is published quarterly (since 2007). The proceedings relate to a wide range of bibliophile interests, including coverage of issues of the history of books, private book collections, and book publishing, bibliographies, stories bookplate and binding. The journal also publishes various articles and interviews on topical issues of development of the market of antique and modern collectible books, pricing, the formation of book collections and more.

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