$12,000
[Another ten gone, but dear creations] Saint Petersburg: Gogenfelden, 1863. A complete set of 10 lithographs, loose as issued, illustrating suggestive and erotic scenes. Illustrated by Alexander Ignat`evich Lebedev (1830-1898). With original illustrated wrappers cut and laid down onto a contemporary hardboard binding. Size of each lithograph: c. 445 x 310 mm. Condition: overall very good with slight foxing to some of the lithographs. Full Margins. Untrimmed. Very rare. [Catalog of Russian Works, International Exhibition of Printed Works and Graphics, Leipzig, 1914], no 357
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2013-02-16