POUCHKINE Alexandre - ZWORYKINE Alexandre. Boris Godounov

Paris, Édition d'Art H. Piazza, 1927
Small In-4 (235x175mm) of [2] ff. 1 watercolor, 138 pp. and 15 illustrations with black and color suite, [3] ff.

Jansenist binding in full dark green Moroccan. Spine with five ribs with title piece in gilded characters. Gilded edges. Cap notch decorated with gilded lines. Cut, edges of the outer covers accompanied by a gilded fillet in their center.
End covers made of a mosaic floral decoration. This decoration, identical on the 2 end covers is on dark brown Moroccan leather. It is framed with gilded fillets and dots. The 19th century style ornamental compositions are in 3 shades, red, green and beige and structured by gilded fillets. Endpapers laminated with marbled paper. Covers and spine preserved. Shirt and slipcase.

Copy No. 4 on Japanese Imperial paper with a suite in black and a suite in color of illustrations and an original watercolor by Boris Zworykine.

The binding is signed LANOÉ Charles Louis Lucien. Bookplate of the French deputy Albert Dubosc.

Boris Godunov is a tragic play written by Alexander Pushkin in 1825 and published in 1831. This drama, which is part of Russian history, is magnificently illustrated and decorated by Boris Zworykine whose style reinforces the power of the text.
The artist, born in Moscow, created murals in the churches of the imperial village of Tsarskoe Zelo (today Pushkin City) near Saint Petersburg, before immigrating to Paris in 1921. He then decorated the Orthodox Church of Christ the Savior in Asnières-sur-Seine.
His style, close to Russian Orthodox icons, is built with strong and precise lines with bright colors. It is a wonder for the eyes.
He also created with H. Piazza the magnificent book of the Golden Cockerel, entirely illustrated with lithographs.




Condition:
The spine of the case is sunned. The book is in perfect condition.



To learn more about the illustrator:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Zvorykine

You can see all the scanned book on the BNF website :
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1522739t.r=boris%20zworykine?rk=21459;2