Polnoe sobranie sochinenii A. S. Pushkina. S zhizneopisaniem poeta, portretami i risunkami, otnosiashchimisia k ego zhizni, i s 35-iu otdelnymi kartinami khudozhnika I. V. Simakova (A. S. Pushkin's Complete Works. With a Biography of the Poet, Portraits and Drawings, an Essay on his Life, and 35 Separate Paintings by the Artist I. V. Simakov) [Beloved Russian Classics]

First stereotype edition; 10 3/4 x 7 1/2; pp. [9], II-XXXII, 1-804, [1], II-VIII; lavishly-embossed, red cloth over boards; gilt titles to front board and spine; illustrated with drawings and plates by Ivan Vasilievich Simakov, including frontis; marbled edges; wide, silk book marker; small, rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine and mild wear to cloth; hinges a bit weak; small gift inscription and bookplate of renowned physician and author George Lysloff; endpapers with, bizarrely enough, period watercolor paintings of books and a rose pasted-on; in good to very good condition.
A beautiful and scarce edition of Pushkin's poetry and prose, it was illustrated by noted Russian painter Ivan Vasilievich Simakov (1877 - 1925). Most-often remembered for his propaganda art and political posters, he was also an architect, graphic designer, and book artist - particularly well-known for his illustrations of works of Pushkin, distinguished by their precise adherence to the literary text. (Inventory #: 3961)