A fine set of knowledge
IUZHAKOV, S. N. [ed.]
Bolshaia entsiklopediia. Slovar obshchedostupnykh svedenii po vsem otrasliam znaniia
[The Great Encyclopaedia...]
Publication: Prosveshchenie, Skt. Peterburg, 1902-09.
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A beautiful, complete set of this significant and profusely illustrated compendium of knowledge, in a lovely Art Nouveau binding. First edition.
The encylopedia was published over seven years by the publishing house Prosveshchenie in cooperation with the Bibliographical Institute in Leipzig and Wien – publishers of the Meyers Lexicon. Yuzhakov’s work contains extensive information on Russian history, culture, social sciences and law. In terms of its quality and precision of its maps, it is far superior to the multi-volume edition of the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Individual articles show a high degree of liberalism and objectivity, which is particularly striking in the biographical articles on the Russian revolutionists, such as Ulianov-Lenin.
Item number
2746
Physical Description
22 volumes, 4to (25 x 17.5 cm). 800 pp, with 28 plates; 794 pp., with 24 plates; 794 pp., with 18 plates; 794 pp., with 18 plates; 794 pp., with 29 plates; 793 pp., with 10 plates; 794 pp., with 25 plates; 794 pp., with 13 plates; 794 pp., with 39 plates; 794 pp., with 28 plates; 794 pp., with 37 plates; 794 pp., with 38 plates; 794 pp., with 56 plates; 794 pp., with 67 plates; 794 pp., with 59 plates; 794 pp., with 53 plates; 794 pp., with 58 plates; 794 pp., with 68 plates; 794 pp., with 31 plates; 814, 78 pp., with 39 plates; 792 pp., with 17 plates; 680 pp., with 19 plates, many double-pages plates, multiple illustrations in text.
Binding
Original publisher’s quarter green morocco over green cloth Art Nouveau bindings with elaborate gilt tooling to spines.
Condition
Minimal rubbing, otherwise in fine, fresh condition.
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