Niva Illyustrirovannyy zhurnaly literatury i sovremennoy zhizni 1901 i XIX veka illyustrirovannyy obzory minuvshego stoletiya (polnyy) / Niva Illustrated Magazine of Literature and Contemporary Life 1901 and XIX Century Illustrated Overview of the Past Century (Complete)
Sankt Peterburg: A. F. Marksa, 1901. Hardcover. The complete, original individual paper wraps of the 1901 run of this periodical and supplement, all bound together in stunning, blue cloth/boards, decorated with highly-stylized image and gold title block with black (old style) Cyrillic lettering. Paginated consecutively over the year's run (804 pp.) plus the supplement (408 pp.), totaling approx. 1,212 pages plus the index. Bw illus. throughout (probably thousands). Three full-page color plates; 2 for the Easter time edition and one for Christmas. Amazingly clean and fairly tight but with age toning to page edges. With binding splitting at back edge of spine (clean and could be repaired; back cover still attached) and break in text block beginning about 1/3 way through. Spine design fading but front cover image clear (back cover blank). Item #146754
All text in Russian. Magazine of literature, fashion, culture, and more in Tsarist Russia at the turn of the century. Art Nouveau style throughout; many images of the Tsar and his family as well as other European royals (Queen Victoria, etc.). Features about portraits and biographies, history and archaeology, geography and ethnography, science, current events, new inventions and technology, latest fashions, etc., all in each edition. The index is in the beginning of the volume, making it easy to choose which articles you want to read. They're organized by subject and then by author/topic/page number. An amazing collection and look back into Russian history and culture in the calm between the storms. Quite rare.
Price: $800.00