In the auction "Old and rare books, prints, photographs" buyers will be offered 568 lots, including 150 lots associated with the history of the First world war, postcards, posters, popular prints

auction house "KABINET" will hold on may 22, one of the largest antiquarian auctions "Old and rare books, prints, photographs". Only one auction will feature 568 Lotov@

Book auction include about 150 lots associated with the history of the First world war, — it cards, posters, popular prints, even divided into several separate strings, because all of the latest antiquarian auction "Cabinet" — eve 100-летия the beginning of the "great war" as it was called in Europe, or "First national", as was the custom in Russia, — marked by a steady growth of interest in this theme@

Among a large number of prints is to provide a particularly rare specimens of publishing houses "of Today's lubok" 1914-1915 with pictures Kazimir Malevich and Aristarchus Lentulov and lyrics by Vladimir Mayakovsky, estimated at 40-80 thousand rubles each. General posters section has become much more due to the revolutionary posters time and first years of Soviet power, in the creation of which was attended by all the famous artists-графики his time @. Chekhonin, Petritsky, Kohout, Moore, Ufimtsev, Denis,, Dolgorukov, Apsit, Mitrokhin, Narbut, Remizov and others Among the rarest — poster Anatoly Petritsky with text by Alexander Blok "Revolutionary keep in step, tireless enemy" with a rating of 150-200 thousand rubles; work by Dmitry moor "on the Eve of world revolution" (75-90 thousand). As well as a poster with a picture of the air battle A. Yumashev, V. Denis, N. Dolgorukov "Who is strong in the air, the nowadays generally strong" (40-70 thousand rubles).

Interesting set of prints colour of Segelschule (1914-1915) "the Russian War with the Germans". One lot is nearly full set rare set, printed on fabric (95 out of 100! pictures), with an estimate of 600-800 thousand rubley@

the Attention of local book lovers will attract rare limited edition of the outstanding hero of the Crimean war "defense of Sevastopol. Atlas of drawings and diagrams General-лейтенанта Totleben" (1863). The book consists of 28 pages of unique maps and plans of fortifications with manual tint. Count Eduard Ivanovich Totleben — Russian General, the famous military engineer, was in command of the fortifications of Sebastopol. In 1909 in Sebastopol General E. I. Totleben was a monument (authors: A. Bilderling and I. Schroeder).

Private lot features a set of 100 painted watercolor photos manually types Ural-Горнозаводской railway 1883-1885, the large Photos illustrate the history of building the most extensive and important Railways of the late nineteenth century (1.6 to 2 million rubles)

Another rarity auction — fables of I. A. Krylov, count Orlov published in Paris in 1825. This is a lifetime edition was published with parallel text in Russian, French and Italian. More than 80 French and Italian poets worked on translations of 89 original fables. Unprecedented in the history of Russian literature — one of the first translations of the Russian poets into foreign languages (preliminary estimate extremely rare collector — 400-500 thousand rubles).

At the auction presents a selection of photographs from the personal collection of Serge Lifar. Party ballet troupe "Russian ballet" Sergei Diaghilev Sergey Lifar was the founder of the University of Paris choreography and dance University and became in the twentieth century French ballet who a century earlier was for the Russian ballet, the Frenchman Marius Petipa@

"Tsar and Grand-Ducal hunting" Nikolai Kutepov was 1896-1911, 4 luxurious volumes as specifically decorated edition with illustrations of all the famous artists of his time. By the way, the "Imperial hunting in Russia" is one of the most expensive books in Russian antiquarian market. Its circulation is only 400 copies. Evaluation one of the top-лотов auction — 2.4 to 4 million rubles@

For auction overlook the beautiful collection of publications of the first half of the twentieth century. Separately published in 1911 poem by Igor Severyanin "Epithalame" published edition of just 50 copies, and exhibited a copy autographed poeta@

Collectors books constructivism and avant-garde should draw the original-макет poster 1928 artist L. Smirnova with the text of V. Mayakovsky "With fire don't play! To burn you...". Or constructivist portrait masterpiece El Lissitzky "the industry of socialism" in 7 editions of 1935 goda@ Pre-auction exhibition opens today and runs until may 21. The auction will take place in the halls of the house "KABINET" at the address: Moscow, street the Crimean Shaft, 10. Central house of artists (room number 1). In the beginning 17:30.

Source: press-релиз auction house "KABINET"