The first posthumous edition of Mikhail Lermontov’s poems went under the hammer for 850,000 rubles. Petersburg on March 18. It has been reported DEA News Referring to the press service of the auction house “Literary Fund”.
All four volumes of the first posthumous edition of Mikhail Lermontov’s poems (St. Petersburg, Tip. Ilya Glazunov and Comp., 1842-1844) were accompanied by a portrait of the poet made in the technique of lithography based on a Russian drawing. artist, lithographer, academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts Kirill Gorbunov .
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel “Poor People” was also sold, with a mysterious inscription written after the author’s death: “From Charon to the newborn Nikolai on February 11, 1881.” They received 280 thousand rubles for this book.
Arkady Gaidar’s edition of Malchish-Kibalchish and The Story of His Strong Word with drawings by Soviet painter Vladimir Konashevich sold for 340,000 rubles, twice the original price. The edition of “The Game” by Daniil Kharms was sold for 100 thousand rubles. This is another rarity noted by the press service from the department of children’s literature with illustrations by the artist Vladimir Konashevich.
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Source: Gazeta
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