The Museum "literary Fund": a Rare pre-Christmas auction lots
ARTinvestment.RU   13 декабря 2018

In anticipation of the New year, 19 December the auction house "Russian enamel" will present "almost last" in this year's auction, which exposed 400 lots of rare books, autographs, manuscripts, historical papers, photos, postcards, and posters

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lower Open European rare incunabula from the collection of the famous Soviet bibliophile Mikhail Lesmana "Bible of the poor" (Strasbourg, 1490). In Russia there is only one copy of this edition, which is stored in the State library. Lenin@the semicolon in other well-known public repositories and private collections none recorded.

To rare can be attributed tselnogravirovannaya Russian edition of the oldest pieces of Simeon of Polotsk "History and Action of the parable of the prodigal son" (1740-50-е). Absolute Museum quality is first book in Russian, printed in Tiflis, "the Meeting of the Russian conversations in the Dorm used..." (1819). Among the historical documents to highlight the Case of the regimental office Life-гвардии ataman regiment associated with the historical capture of Warsaw in 1831 and rewarding best guards.

the Famous Soviet bibliophile Vladimir lidin proud of the book "Detailed description of air travel Berg and Leda, performed from Moscow in 1847", represented in his own collection of rare editions. At our auction will also be given a copy of this book engraved in the cover. On the next lot — complete set of 13-томного collection of poems of V. A. Zhukovsky 1849-1857. —, the famous bibliophile and bibliographer second half of XIX century Nikolay Berezin wrote: "By publishing almost all the copies burnt. Complete specimens are very rare, especially with Tom 4-м; from this volume, a title page and the end was all burned."

Literary discovery is an unknown letter to A. P. Chekhov, addressed "to His Honor Ivan Vasilievich Zingaro. Karetnyy Ryad Art Theatre" (Yalta, 1900). The name of Zingara mentioned in the letters to O. L. Knipper-Чеховой to Anton Pavlovich. Still the letter of Chekhov to Zingaro was unknown. In the Lenin Library is stored a single letter I. V. Zinger to retire.

the Instance of the collection of the famous Tsvetayeva's "Separation" (1922) with its revisions and detailed autograph, addressed to the artist Berta Abramovna Lazarus can decorate the best private collections in Russia and abroad. It is known that in 1939, Lazarev, Berta together with Love Popova executed costumes based on drawings by Picasso for the ballet by M. de Falla "the three-cornered Hat" for the Russian ballet of Monte-Карло.

pre-Auction exhibition is open until 18 December (except Sunday and Monday) in the office of the Auction house "Empire": Moscow, Nizhny Kislovskiy lane., 6, p.2.

the Auction will be held on December 19. Start of trading in 19:00.

Phones: 7-495-792-48-92; 7-985-969-77-45, e-mail: [email protected].

Source: press-релиз the Auction house "Russian enamel"