A book about the history and collections of The Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg during the October revolution of 1917.
Hardcover, collated 16mo, 20,7 x 13.5 cm, grey cloth, black and blue lettering to front, blue lettering to spine, blue endpapers; collation: [1]8 2-1616 (total 248 leaves); pp.: [2] 3-493 [3] (total 496 pages) plus frontispiece. 1st edition (lifetime).
Title-page: С. ВАРШАВСКИЙ | Б. РЕСТ | БИЛЕТ | НА ВСЮ | ВЕЧНОСТЬ | ПОВЕСТЬ | ОБ ЭРМИТАЖЕ | ЛЕНИЗДАТ • 1978 ||
Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980).
B. Rest [Б. Рест; Юлий Исаакович Шапиро] (Jewish-Russian, fl. 1940 – 1980).
Борис Борисович Пиотровский (Russian, 1908 – 1990).
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Russia: history, art, literature |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Late 20th century |
| Country | Russia , USSR |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Language | Russian |
| Subject | 20th century , Art , Art history , Collections , History , Museums , October Revolution 1917 , Russia , Russian revolution , The Hermitage Museum |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1978 |
| Size | 16mo |
| Binding | Cloth , Hardcover |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |