Item Summary

An art nouveau alphabet book by one of the leaders of Russia's "World of Art" movement with illustrations. The scenes illustrating each letter derive from Russian folklore, fairy tales, daily life, and the Bible.

Descriptive Information

Title
Азбука въ картинахъ / Александра Бенуа.
Transliterated Title
Azbuka vʺ kartinakhʺ / Aleksandra Benua.
Call Number
NR CyrillicQ 3371
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcgh93hc745
Publisher
[S.-Peterburg] : Izdanīe Ėkspedit︠s︡īi Zagotovlenīi︠a︡ Gosudarstvennykhʺ Bumagʺ, [1904]
[С.-Петербург] : Изданіе Экспедиціи Заготовленія Государственныхъ Бумагъ, [1904]
Language
Russian
Date Created
1904
Extent
1 unnumbered leaf, 34 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 33 cm
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
"Dosvoleno t︠s︡enzuroi︠u︡, S.-Peterburg, 24 okti︠a︡bri︠a︡ 1904"--Title page verso.
"Досволено цензурою, С.-Петербург, 24 октября 1904"--Title page verso.
Translated title: An Alphabet in Pictures.
Princeton copy 2 Copy two cleaner and tighter, with original backstrip?
Princeton copy 1 Cotsen copy 1: White Cotsen bookplate dated 12/81.
Chiefly illustrations.
Binding Note
later brown cloth and beige bds with pub. wraps laid down on bds.

Discovery Information

Subject
Russian language—Alphabet—Pictorial works
Russian language—Alphabet—Juvenile literature
Cyrillic alphabet—Pictorial works
Cyrillic alphabet—Juvenile literature
Alphabet books—Russia—Specimens
Illustrated children's books—Russia—Specimens
chromolithographs
Letterpress printing
Art Nouveau
Alphabet books

Physical Characteristics

File Count
23

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton Slavic Collections
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/24fc0f19-b69b-46e2-b8d1-0892a76a2d94/manifest