Chashkes (2 results)
More imagesPublished by P. M. Martynov and Co., Moscow, 1891
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- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo; 192 pages; Contents clean and unmarked in green buckram binding with gilt lettering at spine; original wrappers bound in; two bookplates on front pastedown endpaper (see below); LC Surplus Duplicate stamp on one. All text in Russian. Translated from the introduction: "Every ed…ucated person is interested in art. . And the study of the peculiarities of the one who created a famous great work of art is accomplished no less slowly and with difficulty than if we were to observe the artist himself, how he thought, spoke, felt and acted. . This is the guiding thought that permeates the following characterizations, stories, and sayings from the lives of great musicians, poets, and actors. . " A wide ranging selection of many people from Beethoven to Dupuytren to Suverov to Alexander I. With two bookplates mounted to the front paste-down endpaper: "Biblioteka G. V. Yudina" and a Library of Congress bookplate identifying this volume as once part of the massive Yudin Collection, amassed by Gennadii Vasil'evich Yudin in Tarakanovo (Eastern Siberia). Yudin offered to sell his collection to the Library of Congress in 1903. In the winter of 1906, his 80,000 volume library was packed and shipped to Washington DC. Alexis Babine, a Russian born American-trained librarian, who negociated on behalf of the LC and oversaw the packing and shipping had previously written a survey of Yudin's collection. "This collection is so remarkable, both for its size and its quality, and is so little known even in Russia, that a professional librarian who had occasion to spend a few days among its treasures feels justified in briefly introducing it to the literary and the library world." A subsequent LC publication offers a few details about Yudin himself. "Yudin's passion for book collecting began in childhood, as did his amassing of the funds to spend on books. (In his youth he twice won the lottery.) Yudin was guided too by scholars like Vengerov and other bibliophiles of his day. Tuneeff wrote, "This contact with the most educated and famous men of his time helped to develop his own judgment when selecting books, especially where new editions were concerned. Consequently, his collection includes many copies of books which, at the time of their issue, did not attract public attention and were soon out of print." The Yudin bookplate with text in Russian was approved by the collector and incorporates a portrait of Yudin and drawings of his library building in Tarakanovo and of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. AUTHOR: Moshe Leib ben Ya'akov Chashkes (1848-1906), also known by the pen names Moshe ben Ya'akov Danzig and Chashke di Vilnerke, was a poet, satirist, dramatist, and translator. Moshe Leib Chashkes was born in Vilna or Bichov in Byelorussia. Chashkes studied law in the United States and lived in Moscow, Riga, and Warsaw before settling in St. Petersburg. He published both in Russian and in Hebrew.
Language: Hebrew
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Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 90. A perfect gift…for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1869 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: Hebrew Pages: 90.
