Front wrapper: (ornamental border, design by M. Dobuzhinsky, printed in green): В. Я. АДАРЮКОВЪ | ОЧЕРКЪ | ПО ИСТОРІИ | ЛИТОГРАФІИ | ВЪ | РОССIИ | ИЗДАНІЕ | «АПОЛЛОНА» ||

Title-page: Lithographed in black, with an allegorical border of two medieval knights in armour standing on either side of a central draped panel bearing the author’s name and title: В. Я. АДАРЮКОВЪ | — | Очеркъ | по исторіи | ЛИТОГРАФІИ | ВЪ РОССIИ; below, crossed weapons and a helmet; the date 1819 at the lower margin of the image.

Description: Hardcover, 258 × 205 mm, owner’s quarter black cloth over faux-marbled boards, original wrappers by M. Dobuzhinsky preserved. Pagination: ffl., [1–4] (front wrapper, lithographed title-page), pp. 5–75, [76] (blank), [2] (advertisements), [2] (colophon/blank), back wrapper, ffl. Plus numerous black-and-white plates extraneous to the collation.

Contributors:
Адарюков, Владимир Яковлевич (Russian, 1863–1932)
Лео, Александр Николаевич (Russian, 1868–1943)
Добужинский, Мстислав [Dobuzhinsky, Mstislav] (Russian-Lithuanian, 1875–1957)

Additional Information

Collection Library , Russia: history, art, literature
Type / Purpose Book , Reference book
Period 20 AD , Early 20th century
Country Russia , Russian Empire
Edition 1st edition
Language Pre-Reform Russian Orthography , Russian
Media/Technique Wove paper
Subject Art , Art history , Artist , Book illustration , History , Lithography , Printmaking , Russian art , Russian books
Creation / Publishing year 1911
Binding Cardboard , Hardcover , Original , Quarter cloth , Wrappers
Size 8vo
Location Bookshelf 19.6.
Acquisition year 2018

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