LA TOISON D'OR. NO 10, 1908 ( ZOLOTOE RUNO )

First Edition. Wraps. Oblong Folio. 350 mms by 320[8], pp 85 + 5 pp publishers advertisements Original illustrated wrapper in thin brown cards. Text in Russian with occasional French, mostly in captions. Well illustrated in black and white and occasional colour throughout, some plates tipped in, tissue guards. . Tenth issue of "La Toison d'Or" (The Golden Fleece), a stylish artistic and literary review published in Moscow between 1906 and 1909. The name is a reference to the St. Petersburg Symbolist circle called the "Argonauts," Contributors to this include Alexander Blok Vencelas Ivanov, A Toporkoff, Erberg, Ausklander and Wolfing with art from Bilibin, Aropov, Soudeikine, Bogaiewsky, P Outkine etc., Artistic news, section on rare books and manuscripts and embroidery."Zolotoe Runo is arguably one of the most beautiful periodicals ever published." (Bloomsbury Auctions) Sound very good example of a vulnerable item (due to its size) with very slight wear at edges. Spine in darker brown linen with title along it in French and Russian.…