Perysko Finista iasna sokola (Fenist the falcon)
Sankt-Peterburg: Dozvoleno Tsenzuroyu, 1902. I. Billibin. Original. Softcover. Beige, color-illustrated wraps with Old Russian lettering; 12 pp. with 5 color illustrations. Folio size. NF interior but with chipping and cover separation at spine and one small tear at right edge of front cover and significant tear at middle of leaft edge. Item #140854
Text in Old Russian, with separate English translation (see below). The original edition, published in 1902. Original, hand-tinted chromolithograph illustrations with gold illumination in the traditional Russian Art Nouveau style of the period. From the "Skazki" series of Russian folk tales. Very scarce in this original edition. (Includes a photocopy of 4-page booklet with English translation, published by Russian Peasant Industries, London.).
Price: $675.00