MAKOVSKY, Sergei (Ed) RADLOV, N (text) Makowsky Radlow.

Title Der Moderne Buchschmuck in Russland: illustrations by Benois, Somov, Bakst, Lanceray, Bilibin, Narbut, Chekhonin. [Modern book decoration in Russia].
Illustrator Narbut
Publisher St Petersburg R Golicke u. A Willborg
Date 1914
Book ID 36089
First Edition  

Description

Original gilt lettered and decorated paper covers, 24x33cm, decorated end-papers. With 112 pages, profusely illustrated with 19 full page plates and 178 illustrations in- text. In very good condition apart from about five centimetres missing from spine head. Used; Very Good Beautifully produced volume with some very striking designs. Edited by Sergei Makovsky, text by N. Radlov (in German), with 137 illustrations, some in colour, and 19 plates, most in colour; illustrations by Alexander Benois, Konstantin Somov, Léon Bakst, Evgeny Lanceray, I Bilibin and others. Cover and half title by G Narbut, decorative endpapers and title by Chekhonin Tschechonin, vignette by Somov.
Price: £600.00