Gogol N. Dead Souls: a Poem/Edited by N. Tikhonravov, St. Petersburg, А.

Marx, 1900, 572pp. A tome illustrated with 355 drawings and 10 photogravures (by artists Bazhin, Kokhryakov, Afanassiev, Samokish-Sudkovskaya, Solomko and others). Compound bindings: gilt-stamped leather spine, gilt-stamped calico bindings, front and rear covers illustrated, patterned endpapers, all edges gauffered, 36х27.5сm., in good condition: wear to bindings, slight staining on pages, lacking pp. 35 to 38 and 131 to 134, lacking some tissue guard sheets. The edition is of imoprtance to book collectors.