Orlov Vladimir Griboedov (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Portrait Frontispiece (illustrator). Light edgewear, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Russian language. Collected works of Griboedov. Includes his famed satirical play Gore ot uma [Woe from wit], as well as essays and correspondence. Griboedov was a well-regarded Russian writer, poet and playwright, who spend most of his short career in the diplomatic service in Persia and Georgia. Following his role in negotiating of the Treaty of Torkamancay ending the Second Russian-Persian War, he was dispatched to Teheran where he was killed by a mob in 1829. ; 798 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 194p first edition, navy cloth hardcover, gilt lettering to cover and spine, some pencil markings, portrait frontispiece, 8 plates, a very good copy Language: Russian.

Condition: Very Good. reprint. Cloth, VG. xxiv+782pp, b/w frontis, spine sunned otherwise a nice copy, pages slightly tanned. The works of the Russian diplomat, playwright & poet Alexander Sergeyevich Griboyedov [ 1795 - 1829 ] who's fame as a writer rests with one work - Woe from Wit a comedy in verse which satirizes the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow. The book includes bibliographical references in the section 'Kommentarii' pp 643-775. 700 grams.