Ivan Krylov
Basni I. Krylova
A.S. Suvorin
1895
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A finely bound, illustrated copy of Krylov's Fables.
- Ivan Krylov (Russian).
- Basni I. Krylova [Krylov's Fables].
- St Petersburg: A.S. Suvorin, 1895.
- Octavo.
- Includes 2 portraits, 2 full-page illustrations and 27 illustrations in the text.
- Text in Russian.
- Bound in the publisher's decorative green cloth gilt.
An excellent illustrated edition of Krylov's fables in a wonderful Art Nouveau binding.
Ivan Krylov (1769-1844) is Russia's best known fabulist. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop's and La Fontaine's, later fables were original work, often satirizing the incompetent bureaucracy that stifled social progress at the time.
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Very GoodEdges of spine and corners slightly bumped.
Minor signs of age and handling.
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