In Russian. Short description: [The Middle Marquise] [Somov, K.A.] [The Book of the Marquise: A Collection of Poetry and Prose. – St. Petersburg: R. Golicke and A. Vilborg, 1918] Le Livre de la Marquise: Recueil de poésie & de prose. – St.-Petersburg: Golicke & Wilborg, 1918. – [4], VI, [2], 194, [7] p., [1] leaf front., [20] leaves ill.; 26×20.8 cm. – 800 copies. Text in French. Illustrated edition: frontispiece and 20 drawings on separate sheets, 100 drawings in the text, including various decorative elements (initials, headers, finials), monochrome and polychrome illustrations. Compiler and illustrator — Konstantin Andreevich Somov (1869-1939) — painter and graphic artist, master of portraiture and landscape, one of the founders of the society ‘World of Art’ and the eponymous magazine. Full member of the Academy of Arts (1914). One of the best Russian illustrated editions of the first half of the 20th century. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUMS000478