This auction is not quite usual: the organizers prepared for the participants are many unusual lots — this time 731! Therefore, the management of the auction house offers absentee bids, play online or via telephone. But the most persistent (because this time the auction is going to be quite long) in the Nikitsky lane a warm welcome with a cool wine!

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Directory opens the section, which presents rare books of the XVII — XIX centuries among them is the altar gospel, published by Printing house in 1627 (lot 1). The engravings for this edition made a "completed man", painter Procopius chirino. Almost all the known works Cirina associated with the orders "distinguished people" Stroganovs. In 1621 he received an order from Moscow Printing yard: he was invited to illustrate the New Testament.

One of the key lots in this section is undoubtedly the "history of the Pugachev rebellion" in 1834 (lot 25). This is the only work of Pushkin-историка published during his lifetime.

Fans of creativity of F. M. Dostoevsky at the auction will be offered several publications:

• the novel "Teenager" (St. Petersburg, 1876) — extremely rare first separate edition (lot 82);
• for the first time in the publication of the novel "the Brothers Karamazov" (lot 88), published in magazines "Russian Herald" in 1879 novel published parts: 1879 (№№ 1-2, 4-6, 8-11) and 1880 (№№ 1, 4, 7-11) . The writer died two months after publication;
• novels "Humiliated and offended" 1878 (lot 87) and "Crime and punishment" — edition Panteleyev brothers, 1882 (lot 96).

All fans of hunting will have the chance to fight for the book N. I. Kutepova "Grand-Ducal, tsarist and Imperial hunting in Russia" (lot 122). The author brought to the work the great collective of artists — the best Russian masters of painting and graphics A. Benois, E. Lansere, I. Repin, F. Roubaud, N. Samokish, V. Serov, V. Surikov, L. Pasternak, A. Ryabushkin, A. and V. Vasnetsov, and many others.

Among the rare books of the twentieth century also many curious instances. For example, the History of Kazan University during the first hundred years of its existence" (lot 149), composed of the rector N. P. Zagoskin. You should pay attention to a lot of sixteen autolithography B. Kustodiev, 1921 (lot 283). The publication was a resounding success, testimony to which is an incredible jump in prices for it in Moscow lithographs have sold 10 times more expensive than the initial price.

Collectors of books on Ukrainian themes, the organizers suggest to pay attention to the ensemble of 27 rare books and pamphlets in the Ukrainian language (lot 61). Will, in particular, suggested that: the last lifetime edition of the poems of Taras Shevchenko "Haydamaky", three posthumous publication of his poems, thoughts, ballads;, five editions of literary-философского essay by P. Kulish "Leaves from the farm," published anonymously; the first edition of short stories and novels classics of Ukrainian literature Marko Vovchok, Alexei Storozhenko, Daniel mordovets and Peter Kuzmenko.

In the section of autograph collectors will find many interesting. In particular, the autograph of I. Ilf and E. Petrov the Golden calf," published in new-Йорке in English in 1932 inscription of the authors addressed to the member of Soviet military intelligence, M. A., Mil. In addition, the auction will feature autographs by V. Khodasevich, V. Gilyarovsky, V. Grossman, Yu. Mamleeva and others.

the Auction will be held from 28 July to the address: Moscow, Nikita lane, 4A, page 1. Start of trading in 17:00.

Source: press-релиз "House of antique books in Nikitsky"