May 12, 2011 - Sale 2247

Sale 2247 - Lot 174

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(VASNETSOV, VIKTOR MIKHAILOVICH.) Pushkin, Alexander. Pesn o veshchem Olege [The Song of Wise Oleg]. 4 color lithographed plates, decorative initials, and head- and tail-pieces by Vasnetsov. Thin folio, 6 accordion-folded leaves, with a printed page as front cover and another as rear cover, creases to tips and edges, mostly along top of pages, thin rust stains at top of front cover through third page, not affecting illustrations, splits beginning at spine ends, front cover unevenly but lightly toned. one of vasnetsov's most famous illustrated works, published on May 26 1899 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Pushkin's birth. (St. Petersburg: Imperial Printing, 1899)