St. Petersburg: Herm, 2018. Sewn pb. 364 p., 25 cm, approx. 50 b/w illus., Rus. with title page and summaries in ENGLISH. More
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2018. Sewn pb. These articles stem from a Hermitage conference and deal with such topics as early printed books in the Hermitage, Voltaire’s and Diderot’s libraries, catechism in the education of the imperial family, and book collectors and bibliophiles (e.g., Vladimir Golovan and Matvei Gukovskii) whose libraries..... More
St. Petersburg: A-G na Neve, 2008. sewn cl. The artist presented in this series of books Avant-Garde on the Neva does original watercolors, lithographs, and artist's books. His principal theme is the vitality in contemporary art of avant-garde experiments of the early twentieth century. 206 p., 28 cm, approx. 200..... More
St. Petersburg: Solo SFK, 2008. Sewn Cloth. Beginning his career in the mid 1930s, Muratov became an expert draftsman, a core member of the group of Leningrad artists who were creating a strong body of graphic art for such publishers as the renowned Detgiz (State Children's Publisher). Especially vivid are..... More
Moscow: Severnyi palomnik, 2012. sewn cl. Three main chapters deal with the different manifestations of artistic expression in the early Russian confederation centered around Kyiv: architecture, painting, and ornament of various kinds (e.g., manuscripts, metalwork, reliefs). The experience of recent decades broadened scholarly methods and led to the adoption of..... More
Moscow: Severnyi palomnik, 2015. sewn cl. Authors elaborate on the key artistic events of the period: forming an independent local style of building spinning out of Byzantine tradition; designing new forms and kinds of church architecture; diverging of artistic styles in different areas such as Novgorod, Galich, and Vladimir, the..... More
Moscow: Rudentsovy, 2020. Sewn pb. This catalogue of sixty-six selected bindings from the Moscow University Library demonstrates the work of a private binding workshop formed by the eminent military officer (e.g., head of allied artillery in war against Napoleon) and diplomat (represented Alexander I's government in Persia). A bibliophile from..... More
Moscow: Muzei istorii GULAGa, 2018. Sewn cl. Boris Kreitser trained in the 1920s as an architect but was later accused of formalism and switched to book illustration. His father before the revolution was an engineer and often traveled with his family abroad. In 1938 these factors in his biography were..... More
Moscow: Pashkov dom, 2009. Sewn cl. The articles published in this series of the Russian National Library delve into broad questions in the history of the book, such as the formation of great private libraries and the role of exhibitions in propagating knowledge of rare books and specific ones studying..... More
Moscow: Pashkov dom, 2009. Sewn cl. 247 p., approx. 60 color and b/w illus., Rus. with table of contents and summary in ENGLISH. More
Moscow: TriMag, 2016. sewn cl. This reprint of the illustrated children's journal that began publication in 1924 has interest for the quality of the graphic and book art and for the content of the illustrations and stories: the most talented graphic artists and illustrators of the period competed to have..... More
Moscow: TriMag, 2016. sewn cl. This reprint of the illustrated children's journal that began publication in 1924 has interest for the quality of the graphic and book art and for the content of the illustrations and stories: the most talented graphic artists and illustrators of the period competed to have..... More
St. Petersburg: Svoe izdatel'stvo, 2013. saddle-stitched. Facsimile reprint of the 1923 edition published by the Moscow Association of Futurists, Theory Series No. 1, and written by the greatest futurist poet. n.p., 11 cm, Rus. More
St. Petersburg: Svoe izdatel'stvo, 2013. saddle-stitched. Facsimile reprint of the 1922 (title page) / 1923 (cover) edition published by the Moscow Association of Futurists, Theory Series No. 2, and written by the chief futurist poet. 46 p., 19 cm, Rus. More
Moscow: Muzei Moskovskogo Kremlia, 2014. Sewn cl. The Museum of the Moscow Kremlin owns a lavish manuscript of the seventeenth century — the coronation album of the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty, which chronicles in elegant miniatures and Slavic calligraphy the beginning of a dynasty in 1613 that would..... More
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2012. Sewn cl. This is the catalogue of an extensive Hermitage exhibition that aims to show the main stages of writing and written culture on the basis of works originally collected over many years and in many places by the eminent scholar and collector Nikolai Likhachev. Likhachev..... More
St. Petersburg: Evropeiskii univ, 2015. sewn pb. The artists and writers in Maiakovskii's circle worked closely together, and Maiakovskii himself was both poet and artist; the illustrations published here are an integral part of this edition. Some were published for "The Backbone Flute"; others illustrate the text, and many show..... More
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2010. sewn cl. Three chapters introduce the catalogue: a brief history of Persian painting, in which changes in style and content are followed; Russia and Iran: diplomacy and art from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, which sketches the circumstances that led to significant collections being built..... More
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2015. Sewn cl. This catalogue of an exhibition inspired by the famous travelogue of Ibn Battutah (14th c.) draws on the collections of the Hermitage to publish a cornucopia of works of fine and decorative art from the lands that Ibn Battutah visited in southern Europe, the..... More
St. Petersburg: Arka, 2009. Sewn cl. Collections of the Russian emperor and the imperial family formed the core of today's great libraries, art and book collections in St. Petersburg. The source of the works described and illustrated is the Russian Ethnography Museum (originally part of the Alexander III Russian Museum). Its..... More
St. Petersburg: Rossiiskaia natsional'naia biblioteka, 2019. Pb. 224 p., 29 cm, approx. 120 color illus., Rus. with title page in Belarusian. More
St. Petersburg: Rossiiskaia natsional'naia biblioteka, 2019. Pb. 212 p., 29 cm, approx. 130 color illus., Rus. with title page in Belarusian. More
Kyiv: Karminskoi, 2017. Sewn cl. Florenskii's style at once naive and ironic stems from his work as part of the underground artists' group Mit'ki in the late Soviet period. n.p., 21 cm, approx. 60 illus., Rus. and Ukrainian. More
Prague: Kampanella, 2015. Sewn cl. The artist worded in the Soviet period with the unofficial artists association known as "Mit'ki" and has since continued in the post-Soviet period to use a naive and masterful style of drawing to capture the spirit of cities around the world. n.p., 22 x 16..... More
Kyiv: Karmins'koi, 2017. Sewn cl. The Russian artist's portrayal of the Russian / Ukrainian / International city captures its street life, seaside aura, and architectural monuments. Florenskii's style established in unofficial art circles of Soviet Russia is deceptively childlike. n.p., approx. 40 color illus., Rus. with captions in Ukrainian. Series..... More