June 14, 2012 at 19.00 "House of antique books in Nikitsky" conducts an auction of rare antique books, manuscripts and autographs of the XVIII - beginning of the twentieth century. Pre-show opens today

House of antique books in Nikitsky
Bidding: June 14, 2012, beginning at 19.00
pre-show: 5-13 June,
daily, except Monday and June 12, 10:00 up to 20.00
Moscow, Nikita Lane, 4a, page 1

June 14, 2012 at 19 o'clock "House of antique books in Nikitsky" conducts an auction of rare antique books, manuscripts and autographs of the XVIII - beginning of the twentieth century. At the auction 425 lots will be on display, including the lifetime editions of Russian poets and writers of the XIX century, rare books on history and art, autographs and manuscripts heritage of Russian writers, philosophers and politicians.

pre-auction show opens today, June 5. See the future of the auction lots can be up to 13 June: Moscow, Nikita Lane, 4a, page 1, daily, except Monday and June 12, from 10.00 to 20.00.

remarkable curiosity in auction will be a small booklet entitled "Method is the easiest and most reliable for girls of all ages to take a spouse of their choice at any time" (1834). The author, who has remained unknown, gives his men advice on how to get married. Can not do it and no mention of Alexander Pushkin, quoting lines from "Eugene Onegin": "... the heart ache, and then /jealous revive the fire ...", and also makes a detailed analysis of Pushkin's book about how to behave should Tatiana to marry Eugene Onegin.

At the auction, "House of antique books in Nikitsky" will feature rare illustrated editions and engravings of the XIX century, in particular, "The new collection of 36 species of St. Petersburg and its neighborhoods "(1824)," The picture of St. Petersburg, presented collection of 20 interesting views of the city, the palaces and the people ... "(1815)," Russian art piece, published with the permission of the Supreme Basil Timm "[A copy of the artist's family] (1855 -1862), "Physiology of Petersburg" (1844-1845), "Dawn. Almanac, published Vladislavlev "(1839-1842) with intravital publication of Pushkin, Lermontov, Vasily Zhukovsky et al," The carriage. Travel Impressions "(1845)," Our written off to the Russian nature "(1841)," Dead, but a nice "(1864)," Eugene Onegin. The novel in verse, abbreviated and revised articles on the latest pseudo-realists, dark man "(1866), etc.

Ornament Collection auction will be podnosnoy copy of the book Radishchev" Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow "(1888), presented by the publisher Suvorin known to the family of the Astrakhan merchant millionaire friend of Shevchenko A. Sapozhnikov, who became famous in the XIX century, in his inimitable collection of paintings.

A unique collection of autographs of the XX century is represented at the auction inscriptions on the books and letters of Sergei Esenin, Zdanevich Elias, Ivan Bunin, Abram Efros, Boris Pilnyak, Ilya Selvinsky, Michael Zoshchenko Hope Taffy, Yuri Olesha, etc.

Among the auction items are also presented extensive selection of booksellers catalogs of XIX - early XX century, a collection of rare and antiquarian books on "Banks and money", including "On the loan and the banks" (1861) "Reform of the monetary circulation" (1896), "The savings banks of the State Bank" (1906), "Money and Banking" (1906), "From the history of paper money in Russia" (1909), "Operations of Commercial Banks' (1914)," The history of banks from the earliest times to the present day "(1913)," Bankova Encyclopedia "(1914), etc.

auction number 3" Rare antiquarian books, manuscripts and autographs, "will be held 14 June 2012 at 19 o'clock at the address: Moscow, Nikita lane., 4a, page 1.

auction catalog .

on all matters relating to the conduct of the auction, please call: (495) 926-41-14, (985) 969-77-45, e-mail: knigoved@yandex.ru .

Source : Press Release, "House of antique books in Nikitsky»