Zaretsky Nikolai Vasilevich Illustrator (1 results)

First edition, 4to; illustrations throughout after Zarektsky; original blue printed wrappers, slightly sunned at margins, repairs to spine, a very good copy. The Undertaker, Pushkin's supernatural short story was first published in Belkin's Tales in 1831. This charming illustrated edition appeared in Berlin at the height of Russian à migrà publishing. Notably scarce, we could only locate two copies in libraries: Harvard and the State Library of New South Wales.…