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Sobor Sviatogo Ravnoapostol'nogo Kniazia Vladimira v Kieve

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[UKRAINE]. KULZHENKO, Stefan Vasilyevich; ARTEL, A. D; VASNETSOV, Viktor; NESTEROV, Mikhail.

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Sobor Sviatogo Ravnoapostol'nogo Kniazia Vladimira v Kieve [The Cathedral of St. Vladimir in Kiev].
Stock Code 111248
Kyiv, S. V. Kulzhenko, 1898

Current price$4,797.00
An exceptionally fresh example of the first edition in the original binding.

In 1884 Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Nesterov and a number of other artists were commissioned to paint frescos in St Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv, which had recently been constructed to celebrate a 900 years since Vladimir's Christianisation of Kiev Rus in 897. The somewhat controversial results of this undertaking are documented in this profusely illustrated guide.

Folio (34 x 25 cm.); vii, 137pp., chromolithographed title-page, titles and initials in red, 105 illustrations in the text, 42 plates (2 double-page, of which one in colour and gilt), small water stain to bottom margin of a few rear leaves; original decorative blue colth gilt, blue slipcase with blue morocco entry, a fine example.

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Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Good.
Styles / Movements:	Modern
Dealer Reference #:	111248
Incollect Reference #:	700339

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