Title: MAROUSSIA | PAR | P.-J. STAHL | D’APRÈS UNE LÉGENDE DE MARKOWOVZOK | DESSINS PAR TH. SCHULER | GRAVURES PAR PANNEMAKER | {vignette} | BIBLIOTHÈQUE | D’ÉDUCATION ET DE RÉCRÉATION | J. HETZEL ET Cie, 18, RUE JACOB | PARIS | Tous droits de reproduction et de traduction réservés ||
Pagination: [2] – t.p. / blank, [1, 2] – dedication / blank, [3] 4-272, [1] 2-11 [12] – publisher’s advert.; Frontispiece and 22 leaves of wood-engraved plates by F. Pannemaker after Th. Schuler, extraneous to collation, woodcut head- and tailpieces, vignettes in the text by Charles Baude.
Collation: 4to; 1-344, + 6 leaves of publisher’s advertisement.
Binding: “Cartonnage Hetzel” – red cloth stamped in gilt and black with the elements of design to spine, front and back, publisher’s device to back, AEG.
Author and publisher: Pierre-Jules Hetzel [P.-J. Stahl] (French, 1814 – 1886).
Artist: Jules Théophile Schuler (French, 1821 – 1878).
Engravers: Adolphe François Pannemaker (Belgian-French, 1822 – 1900) and Charles Baude (French, 1853 – 1935).
Author of the legend: Markowovzok [Marko Vovchok; Марко́ Вовчо́к, real name Mariya Vilinskаya; Мария Александровна Вилинская] (Ukrainian, 1833 – 1907).
Series: Collection Hetzel (stamped on the front board).
Typographie A. Lahure (Paris), Alexis Lahure (French, 1849 – 1929).
MAROUSSIA – The French version of the Ukrainian name Маруся.
