Catalogue of books XVIII–XIX centuries, books of the twentieth century, Russian and Soviet posters, fabrics and cards

April 28 auction house "KABINET" will hold an auction of old and rare books, where the attention of collectors will be presented with a series of masterpieces of Russian knigopechataniya@

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First section of the catalogue devoted to the books of the XVIII–XIX centuries and offers a rare edition, a monument of Russian book art, Elizabethan Bible 1756 izdaniya@

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• prints of Peter's time "Banners fireworks on 28 January 1722 in Moscow on the occasion Nesladkoe world" with Museum value;

• Album of the 200th anniversary of the Emperor Peter the Great is a luxurious anniversary edition Hermann Hoppe, a limited edition in 1872;

• 4 massive volume edition of "the Imperial headquarters. The history of the Sovereign's Suite", dedicated to the century anniversary of the chief of the military Department of the Russian Empire;

• major work, full set (!) "History of the Russian army and Navy," published in Moscow in 1911-1913. under the editorship of the greatest experts on military and naval Affairs;

• lot of 10 books — biographies of Russian emperors: historical and biographical sketches N. C. Schilder Paul I, Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander II, labor C. C. Tatishchev, dedicated to Emperor Alexander II;

•  rare magnificent edition of the "divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri with drawings by Gustave doré, released in the years 1874-1879;

• the first edition lithographs И. P. Shchedrovsky "That's ours!" (1845) — "the human Comedy" of Russian manners and social types.

Books of the twentieth century presents lifetime edition of poems by T.  Carilina "Spring after death" with autolithograph Natalia Goncharova; rare album Georges Komarenko "My journey and my hunt for bears and mountain sheep in 1918, the Diary of 15-year-old schoolboy"; a full set of numbers, "Journal of the Left front of the arts in the South of the USSR" (1924); lots from the family archive Alexander Rodchenko — Varvara Stepanova, h. unique edition "Moscow is being reconstructed. Album charts, Topsham and photos on the reconstruction of Moscow" in 1938, the first foreign collection of Bella Akhmadulina and the first edition of the poems of Vladimir Vysotskogo@

Traditionally separate strings for the auction Russian and Soviet posters, fabrics and otkrytki@

Auction "Old and rare books" will be held April 28 at the Central House of artists on Krymsky Val. Start of trading in 18:00.

Source: press release auction house "KABINET"