Russian translation of Louis-Sébastien Mercier. Tableau de Paris (1781). First edition, thus.
Two volumes, 19.5 x 14 cm, uniformly bound in blue cloth with dark blue vignette to front cover and lettering to spine, in pictorial dust jacket; pp. vol. I: [I-VI] VII-LIII [LIV] [2] [2] 3-565 [566] [2]; collated 8vo: [I]-III8, IV4, [1]-358 364; total 312 leaves (624 pages) plus repro engraved frontispiece and 21 plates; vol 2: [1-10] 11-492 [4], collated 8vo: [1]-318; total 248 leaves (496 pages) plus 29 plates. Design by Н. В. Кузьмин.
Title-page (black and red): ЛУИ-СЕБАСТЬЯН МЕРСЬЕ | КАРТИНЫ ПАРИЖА | Перевод В. А. Барбашевой | Редакция и комментарии | Е. А. Гунста | Статья Ц. Фридлянда | ТОМ ПЕРВЫЙ (ВТОРОЙ) | ACADEMIA | 1935(6) ||
Opposite t.p. (black and red): ФРАНЦУЗСКАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА | ЛУИ-СЕБАСТЬЯН МЕРСЬЕ | 1740—1814 | ACADEMIA | Москва—Ленинград ||
T.p. verso: LOUIS-SÉBASTIEN MERCIER | TABLEAU DE PARIS | 1781 | Супер-обложка и переплет | Н. В. Кузьмина ||
Print run: 5,300 copies.
Catalogue raisonné: Крылов-Кичатова 747 (vol. 1), 838 (vol. 2).
Contributors:
Louis-Sébastien Mercier (French, 1740 – 1814) – author.
Барбашева, Вера Александровна (Russian, 1875 – 1943) – translator.
Гунст, Евгений Анатольевич (Russian, 1901 – 1983) – editor, comments.
Фридлянд, Цви [Григорий Самойлович] (Russian-Jewish, 1897 – 1937) – author (preface).
Kuzmin, Nikolai Vasilievich [Кузьмин, Николай Васильевич] (Russian, 1890 – 1987) – artist.
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Literature |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Mid-20th Century |
| Country | Russia , USSR |
| Language | Russian |
| Subject | 18th century , France , French literature , History , Literature , Paris , Social life and customs , Translation into Russian |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1935 , 1936 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Series | Французская литература |
| Binding | Cloth , Dust jacket , Hardcover |
| Size | 8vo |
| Catalogue raisonne | Крылов-Кичатова (2004) |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |