Russian Literary First Editions and Manuscripts - Highlights from the R. Eden Martin Collection, 28 November in London

LONDON

RUSSIAN LITERARY FIRST EDITIONS AND MANUSCRIPTS:
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE R. EDEN MARTIN COLLECTION

FEATURING LEADING RUSSIAN AUTHORS INCLUDING
DOSTOEVSKY, PUSHKIN, GOGOL AND TOLSTOY

In London on 28 November

London – On 28 November, Christie’s will present the single owner auction Russian Literary First Editions and Manuscripts: Highlights from the R. Eden Martin Collection, which features 228 lots of fine Russian books and manuscripts, primarily from Russia's Golden Age and Silver Age of literature (the early 19th and early 20th centuries respectively). Built over the past two decades by the American Chicago lawyer R. Eden Martin, this is one of the last great private collections of Russian literature in America. The collection is highlighted by a presentation copy of the first edition of Kamen (1913), which was inscribed by Mandel'shtam for his early mentor, the poet Viacheslav Ivanov (estimate: £60,000-90,000, illustrated above right). Further highlights include a first edition of Gogol's rare first masterpiece Vechera na khutore bliz dikan'ki (1831-32) (estimate: £50,000-70,000, illustrated above left) and the first part of Pushkin's Evgenii Onegin (1825) in its original paper cover - a book so rare that even the great collector Smirnov-Sokol'skii did not have it on his shelves (estimate: £25,000-35,000, illustrated above centre).

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