Paperback, 25 x 17 cm, publisher’s wrappers with red and black lettering in a pictorial frame by Vysheslavstev; pp.: [i-vii] viii-xv [xvi blank], [1-5] 6-348 [4]; collated 8vo: π8 1-228, total 184 leaves, 368 pages; gatherings 1-22 uncut. Because the author was banned, lettering on the spine was covered by a glued strip of blank paper; only the year 1922 was left visible.

Front wrapper: ОЧЕРК | РАЗВИТИЯ | РУССКОЙ | ФИЛОСОФИИ | ГУСТАВА | ШПЕТА | ПЕРВАЯ | ЧАСТЬ | 1922 | ПЕТЕРБУРГ | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО “КОЛОС” ||

Title-page: similar lettering in black only with no frame.

Design of the front wrapper and the publisher’s device (π1) by Николай Николаевич Вышеславцев [N. Vysheslavstev] (Russian, 1890 – 1952).

Title: Sketch on the development of Russian philosophy, Part one. [Part two was never published]. Author: Густав Густавович Шпет [Gustav Shpet] (Russian, 1879 – 1937) – executed by fire squad on 16 November 1937.

Additional Information

Collection Library , Philosophy
Type / Purpose Book
Period 20 AD , Early 20th century
Country Russia , USSR
Media/Technique Paper , Wove paper
Language Russian
Subject History , Philosophy , Russia , Russian Empire , Russian history
Edition 1st edition
Creation / Publishing year 1922
Size 8vo
Binding Original , Paperback , Pictorial wrappers , Softcover
Acquisition year 2017

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