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[Bilibin, I.]. (Afanasev, A.).
Skazka ob Ivane-Tsarevitche, Zhar-ptitse i o serom volke (Fairy tale of Ivan-Tsarevitch, the Firebird and the Grey Wolf).
St. Petersburg, (State Dispatch Office), 1901, 12p., chromolithogr. ills., bookdecoration and orig. chromolithogr. wr. by I. BILIBIN, folio.
- Inside wrappers and first/ final page sl./ trifle foxed; bookplate on verso frontwr. Backstrip strengthened w. paper. A fine copy.
= Lemmens/ Stommels p.27: "Between 1901 and 1903 seven fairy tales were published [by the State Dispatch Office] in six volumes of the same size and with an identical cover on paper of the best quality and with the most up-to-date chromolithographic technique, all illustrated by Bilibin." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIV.
€ (100-150) 375