Catalog of trading on December 17 in the hotel "National" offers Christmas book gifts - many rare antique books on housekeeping and cooking, card games, chess, charades, and entertainment

December 17 in Moscow will host the XIII auction "antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers, drawings by Russian artists, autographs and photographs».

For those wishing to make gifts to Christmas and New Year's auction catalog includes numerous rare antiquarian books on housekeeping and cooking, card games, chess, charades and entertainment. For example, books such as "experienced economic domovodets and economy, enveloping all things necessary and useful in a dorm and economics ..." (1827, lot number 243), "A new practical experienced steward domovodets and economy ..." (1830, lot number 244), "Brewing (factory and home), and kvasovarenie mead ..." (1898, lot number 247), "Collection of charades" (1827, lot number 251), "Full tutorial chess game and the game in Russian and Polish checkers" ( 1872, lot number 252), "Secrets of the card game. The right way to always win at cards ... "(1911, lot number 254)," Guidelines for lovers of sailing "(1895, lot number 262), etc.

Among the top lots of the auction note book from the library of the famous Russian bibliophile PE Ephraim "description travel Holstein embassy to Muscovy and Persia ..." (item number 42); 15 books from the library of his brother Lenin D. Ulyanov with numerous marginalia and signatures D. Ulyanov, AI-sister Anna Ulyanova (sister of the leader), OD Ulyanova (niece of the leader) (lot number 77), a children's book of Vladimir Mayakovsky "Whatever page, the elephant, the lion," illustrated by the artist K. Zdaneviches (lot number 170).

For bibliophiles, lovers and ex-libris bibliologist interest monthly magazine complete with antique booksellers PP Shibanova "Bibliographical note" (lot number 208) and complete the "Transactions of the Leningrad Society ex-librist" (lot number 216). Exposed to auction two lots with the autographs of Vladimir Vysotsky: draft manuscript song "Goalkeeper", dedicated to Lev Yashin (lot number 234), and payroll Taganka Theater in March 1977, where among 51 theater actor left his signature for the received salary and Vladimir Vysotsky (lot number 235).

Among the numerous autographs, presented at the auction - autographs of Salvador Dali, Serge Lifar, Kruchenykh , Zoshchenko, Tsiolkovsky, M. Svetlov, V. Shklovsky, Shalamov, V. Aksenov, A. Rybakov, V. Voinovich, Vladimir Vysotsky, Alexander Galich, Mstislav Rostropovich, etc.

Illustrated Books presents artists such as A. Benoit , El Lissitzky , M. Sinyakova , S. Telingater , Samokhvalov , K. Zdanevich , Il'in, Marc Chagall , Dobuzhinsky , E. Narbut , D. Mitrokhin , AK Kuznetsov, etc.

Auction "antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers, drawings by Russian artists, autographs and photos" will be held December 17, 2011 in Nicholas Hall Hotel "National" (Moscow, ul. Moss, 15 /1); beginning of trading in the 15 hours 30 minutes.

Contact: Sergei Burmistrov, chief editor of "About Books", tel. (495) 969-77-45 (order catalogs) .

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Source : Press Release XIII auction "antiquarian books, manuscripts, historical papers, drawings by Russian artists, autographs and photos»