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BLOK, Aleksandr

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€ 1 000
Auction dateClassic
10.03.2022 10:30UTC +02:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 718315
Lot 12 | BLOK, Aleksandr
BLOK, Aleksandr

4 livres. A set of 4 books.

BLOK, Aleksandr

4 livres. A set of 4 books.



1) Dvenadtsat. (Les Douze). Saint-Pétersbourg, Alkonost, 1918. Troisième édition en russe. In-4 (340 x 258 mm), 64 pp, broché (première de couverture détachée). 22 illustrations d'après Iurii Annenkov, dont 14 à pleine page, couverture illustrée du même. Références : Rowell n°171.

Third edition in Russian with 22 illustrations after Iurii Annenkov.



2) Dvenadtsat. (Les Douze). Paris, La Cible, 1920. Première édition en français (traduction du russe par Serge Romoff). In-4 (292 x 226 mm), (48) pp., couverture originale. Tirage : l'un des 510 exemplaires non numérotés. Illustration : 7 lithographies contrecollées en pleine page d’après les dessins de Mikhail Larionov. Couverture originale en papier cartonné violet avec nom de l’auteur, titre et lieu d’édition en lettres grises. Références : Rowell n°304.

First edition in French, translated by Serge Romoff with 7 lithographies after Makhail Larionov’s illustrations. One of 510 copies.



3) Die Zwölf. (Les Douze). Berlin, Neva-Derlag, 1921. Première édition allemande illustrée. In-4 (256 x 195 mm), 36 pp. + 4 pl., broché. 4 planches d'après Vasilii Masiutin, qui a aussi réalisé la couverture. Cartonnage de l'éditeur, dos toilé.

First German illustrated edition.



4) Dvenadtsat. (Les Douze). Berlin, Edition Neva, 1922. In-8 (240 x 190 mm), 36 pp. Premier tirage des illustrations de V. Massutin. (Couverture détachée).

Edition illustrated by V. Massutin.

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