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Published by the prestigious \"Metsniereba\" (\"Science\") publishing house under the auspices of the Shota Rustaveli Institute, this compact volume represents a specialized study within Georgian literary scholarship. With a limited print run of 2,000 copies, it is a work intended for academic and research circles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43962961559594,"sku":"EB-306431981575","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_e34aff39-1303-4d57-b7ee-703392f2447f.jpg?v=1768159008"},{"product_id":"ancient-georgian-literature-rustaveli-guramishvili-1974-რუსთაველი-ცაიშვილი","title":"Tsaishvili, Sargis. Shota Rustaveli - David Guramishvili: Essays from the History of Ancient Georgian Literature, 1974. 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In Georgian, with additional title pages in Russian and English. Print run of 4,000 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1973 monumental scholarly work is a cornerstone of Rustavelology, representing the pinnacle of structural and linguistic analysis of Shota Rustaveli’s 12th-century masterpiece. Produced by the Commission for the Establishment of the Academic Text, the volume provides a deep dive into the meter and rhyme of the shairi (the 16-syllable Georgian verse), dissecting the complex phonetic patterns that define the poem's unique musicality.\u003cbr\u003eThe core of the book consists of the \"Symphony of Rhymes\"—a comprehensive concordance and systematic classification of every rhyme used in the epic—accompanied by exhaustive tables showing the syllabic distribution of words. Under the rigorous editorship of the distinguished Academician George Tsereteli, this work moved the study of the poem from purely literary appreciation to precise mathematical and linguistic modeling. Spanning 445 pages in a large 27 cm format, the book is a technical triumph of Georgian academic publishing.\u003cbr\u003eIt serves not only as a dictionary of rhymes but as a fundamental tool for textual criticism, allowing scholars to verify the authenticity of various stanzas based on Rustaveli's strict prosodic rules. The inclusion of English and Russian title pages reflects the international significance of this research for the fields of comparative poetics and medieval studies. Published by Metsniereba in a sturdy hardcover with a print run of 4,000 copies, this 1973 Tbilisi edition remains an indispensable reference for any serious study of \"The Man in the Panther's Skin.\" For bibliophiles, linguists, and collectors of Georgiana, it is a vital primary source, documenting the zenith of 20th-century Georgian philological science and the enduring structural perfection of Rustaveli's verse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963108786218,"sku":"EB-306551459128","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_e8900c0e-3dbc-46f7-bf5d-ace2c0b44a59.jpg?v=1768161215"},{"product_id":"rustaveli-vepkhistkaosani-the-knight-in-the-panthers-skin-1937-руставели","title":"Rustaveli, Shota. The Knight in the Panther's Skin (Vityaz v tigrovoy shkure), 1937. Decorations and ornaments by Lado Gudiashvili. 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The volume features the poetic translation by the famous Silver Age poet Konstantin Balmont, whose rendition is celebrated for its musicality and romantic flair, bringing the medieval Georgian spirit to the Russian reader with unique lyrical intensity. Beyond its literary merit, the book is a masterpiece of book design, adorned with headpieces, tailpieces, and intricate ornaments created by the legendary Georgian avant-garde artist Lado Gudiashvili. Gudiashvili’s graphic work in this volume masterfully synthesizes traditional Georgian monumental fresco styles with modern decorative elements, creating a visual frame that honors the poem’s origins in the Golden Age of Queen Tamar. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the poem's chivalric code, including the arrangement of the friendship between Avtandil and Tariel, the philosophical quests for divine love, and the exotic landscapes of the medieval East.\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Khudozhestvennaya Literatura in a substantial run of 50,000 copies, this edition was intended to solidify Rustaveli’s status as a foundational figure in the \"friendship of nations\" cultural policy of the 1930s. The 23x15 cm format and the solid hardcover binding reflect the state's commitment to producing \"high-culture\" classics for the mass Soviet audience. Gudiashvili’s ornaments act as a silent commentary on the poem, utilizing symbols of Georgian heraldry and nature to anchor Balmont's rhythmic verses. As a primary source for the study of 1930s cultural diplomacy and the history of Georgian art in exile and return, this book is a significant find for collectors. 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Released by the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR and the Rustaveli Institute of the History of Georgian Literature, this volume serves as a comprehensive compendium of Rustvelology during its mid-20th-century zenith. Edited by a prestigious board including Aleksandre Baramidze and the renowned poet Giorgi Leonidze, the collection brings together deep analytical research into the philosophical, linguistic, and historical dimensions of the medieval masterpiece, The Knight in the Panther's Skin. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the poem's structure, including the arrangement of its aphoristic stanzas, the Neoplatonic influences on its theology, and the sociopolitical context of the Golden Age of Queen Tamar.\u003cbr\u003eThe publication is notable for its rigorous scientific apparatus and its contribution to the global understanding of Georgian epic poetry. Across 413 pages, the collection addresses complex questions regarding the poet’s identity, the poem's international literary parallels, and its enduring influence on Georgian national consciousness. Printed in a relatively small run of 2,000 copies, this large-format hardcover volume was primarily intended for academic libraries and specialists, making it a valuable find for collectors of Kartvelology and medieval studies. It captures a specific era of Georgian intellectual history when the preservation and celebration of classical heritage were central to cultural policy. 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Nutsubidze, the founder of \"Alethiology\" and the scholar who famously identified Peter the Iberian with Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, applies his vast erudition to the analysis of Georgian and world literature. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the \"Oriental Renaissance,\" including the arrangement of philosophical motifs in Shota Rustaveli’s The Knight in the Panther's Skin and the evolution of Georgian aesthetic thought through the ages.\u003cbr\u003eAcross 327 pages, Nutsubidze explores the metaphysical underpinnings of classical texts, moving seamlessly from European philosophical traditions to the unique cultural synthesis of the Caucasus. His essays are characterized by a rigorous academic approach tempered by a deep national consciousness, making this book a primary source for understanding the development of Soviet Georgian philosophy during the \"Thaw\" and late Soviet periods. 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The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the poem’s ethical system, including the arrangement of the concepts of friendship, courtly love, and chivalry that define the journeys of Tariel and Avtandil.\u003cbr\u003eViktor Goltsev was a key figure in the cultural mediation between Moscow and Tbilisi, and his work in Rustavelology helped solidify the academic framework for interpreting the poem within the Soviet literary canon. This 1948 edition, appearing shortly after the post-war stabilization of the publishing industry, reflects the high scholarly standards of the era. Across 136 pages, the author synthesizes historical legends with philological research, making the complex world of the Georgian Golden Age accessible to researchers and bibliophiles alike. Bound in a durable hardcover typical of late-1940s academic publications, this volume serves as a primary source for the study of mid-century Soviet literary criticism and the history of Georgian-Russian cultural exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963139620906,"sku":"EB-306405841280","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_6db04f5d-9a1c-4e1f-99ae-2e937a7ce8d3.jpg?v=1768161741"},{"product_id":"rustaveli-vepkhistkaosani-abkhazian-reprint-original-1941-2021-ეფხისტყაოსანი-rr","title":"Rustaveli, Shota. The Knight in the Panther's Skin (Abzhas-tsia zshiu \/ Vepkhistkaosani), 2021. Facsimile of the 1941 edition. 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In Abkhazian and Georgian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 2021 limited edition volume is a magnificent facsimile of the historic 1941 Abkhazian translation of Shota Rustaveli’s epic poem, The Knight in the Panther's Skin. Released by the Korneli Kekelidze National Center of Manuscripts, this publication commemorates a landmark of Caucasian literary history: the monumental translation by Dimitri Gulia, the father of Abkhazian literature. The 1941 original was a feat of cultural diplomacy and linguistic artistry, edited by the eminent historian Simon Janashia with an introduction by Mikha Delba and a foreword by Mikheil Chkhenkeli. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the epic's translatability, capturing the feudal chivalry and philosophical depth of the Georgian original within the rhythmic and phonetic structures of the Abkhazian language.\u003cbr\u003eThe edition is lavishly adorned with the iconic illustrations of Irakli Toidze, whose dramatic and stylized depictions of Tariel, Avtandil, and Nestan-Darejan have become the definitive visual interpretation of the poem. As a phototype (facsimile) edition, it preserves the typography and layout of the wartime publication, offering scholars and bibliophiles an authentic experience of this rare bibliographical artifact. With only 300 copies produced, this large-format hardcover serves as a vital primary source for studying the history of Abkhaz-Georgian cultural relations and the evolution of epic translation in the mid-20th century. It stands as a testament to the shared medieval heritage of the Caucasus, meticulously reconstructed for the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963140112426,"sku":"EB-306435457110","price":280.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_02287245-04dd-4c3f-80f3-4ac948fc883c.jpg?v=1768161763"},{"product_id":"shota-rustaveli-monographic-essay-baramidze-georgian-1958-vepkhistkaosani","title":"Baramidze, Al. Shota Rustaveli: A Monographic Essay (Shota Rustaveli: monograpiuli narkvevi), 1958. 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Published under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR and the Rustaveli Institute of the History of Georgian Literature, this work provides an exhaustive academic analysis of the 12th-century epic The Knight in the Panther's Skin. Baramidze, a titan of Georgian philology, meticulously explores the historical context, philosophical foundations, and literary innovation of the poem. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of medieval Georgian humanism, including the arrangement of Neoplatonic influences, the ethics of courtly love, and the socio-political atmosphere of the Golden Age during the reign of Queen Tamar.\u003cbr\u003eThe volume serves as a critical bridge between pre-revolutionary scholarly traditions and mid-20th-century Soviet academic standards. Across nearly 400 pages, Baramidze addresses complex questions regarding the poet’s biography, the linguistic structure of the \"shairi\" verse, and the global literary significance of Rustaveli's work. Printed in a limited edition of 3,000 copies at the Academy’s specialized printing house in Tbilisi, the book is a durable hardcover intended for the serious researcher and the specialized library collection. It remains an indispensable primary source for anyone studying the evolution of Georgian literary criticism and the enduring legacy of the medieval East.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963140538410,"sku":"EB-306544073849","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_8cf29aac-b522-4de5-9d79-242b6e2bfc74.jpg?v=1768161782"},{"product_id":"vepkhistkaosani-rustaveli-the-knight-in-the-panthers-skin-1941-шота-руставели","title":"Rustaveli, S. 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Gift edition. Publisher's velvet binding with embossing and a bas-relief on the front cover, enlarged format. Print run: 10,000 copies. In Russian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis magnificent 1941 edition of Shota Rustaveli’s national epic is a masterpiece of Soviet book design, released at the onset of World War II. It represents the pinnacle of the \"Rustaveli Jubilee\" cycle of publications, bringing together the finest artistic and scholarly talents of the era. The translation by the philosopher Shalva Nutsubidze, edited by the renowned poet Sergei Gorodetsky, is celebrated for its rhythmic fidelity and philosophical depth.\u003cbr\u003eThe physical presentation of the book is exceptional. Bound in deep velvet with intricate embossing and a striking bas-relief on the front cover, the volume was designed by Ya. Egorov and E. Kogan as a true collector's item. The enlarged format emphasizes its status as a luxury gift edition, intended to showcase the cultural grandeur of the Georgian people within the Soviet Union.\u003cbr\u003eThe interior is equally impressive, featuring 18 high-quality illustrations on separate plates. The book synthesizes different artistic eras of Rustavelology: it includes the classic 19th-century romanticism of Mihály Zichy, the powerful monumentalism of Sergo Kobuladze, and the dynamic graphic style of Irakli Toidze. This visual dialogue between artists offers a comprehensive interpretation of the poem’s themes of heroism, loyalty, and courtly love.\u003cbr\u003eFor bibliophiles, art historians, and collectors of Georgian literature, this 1941 edition is a landmark. Despite a print run of 10,000, surviving copies in the original velvet binding are increasingly rare. It stands as a monumental tribute to the \"Golden Age\" of Georgian culture, preserved in a format that remains one of the most beautiful Russian-language renditions of the poem ever produced.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963172487210,"sku":"EB-306296503364","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_c713b453-eea6-4ee9-9e86-2c0478a5a26f.jpg?v=1768162257"},{"product_id":"vepkhistkaosani-rustavelis-collection-1938-сборник-руставели-вепхисткаосани","title":"Rustaveli’s Collection: On the 750th Anniversary of \"The Knight in the Panther’s Skin\" (Sbornik Rustaveli: K 750-letiyu \"Vepkhistkaosani\"), 1938. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eСборник Руставели : К 750-летию \"Вепхисткаосани\". \/ С предисловием С. Джанашиа. 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This period marked the apex of the \"Rustaveli Jubilee,\" a state-sponsored cultural event that solidified the poem’s status as a masterpiece of world literature.\u003cbr\u003eThe collection features contributions from the leading lights of the \"Tbilisi School\" of humanities. It moves beyond purely literary analysis to provide a multi-disciplinary view of the Golden Age of Queen Tamar. Notable studies include George Tsereteli’s investigation into the echoes of Nestan-Darejan in Arabic folklore and Konstantin Chaikin’s exploration of Georgian-Iranian literary ties.\u003cbr\u003eCrucially, the volume includes unique material culture studies, such as N. N. Koiava’s research on precious stones and monetary circulation during the Rustaveli era, providing a rare glimpse into the economic and aesthetic world of the 12th century. The linguistic depth of the era is analyzed by the legendary Arnold Chikobava, while Ilya Abuladze discusses the discovery of Old Armenian translations of Georgian philosophical texts, proving the vast regional influence of medieval Georgian thought.\u003cbr\u003eThe preface is written by the celebrated historian Simon Janashia, who frames the collection as a testament to the \"Renaissance\" character of Rustaveli's humanism. The volume also serves as a tribute to David Chhotua, reflecting on his pioneering essays regarding the worldview of the poem's heroes.\u003cbr\u003eFor historians of the Caucasus, philologists, and collectors of academic rare books, this 1938 collection is an indispensable primary source. 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During the second half of the 19th century, when Georgia was under the Russian Empire, the poem was transformed from a literary masterpiece into a political manifesto for national identity, humanism, and independence.\u003cbr\u003eThe book was prepared under the auspices of the Rustaveli Cabinet at TSU, the premier center for Rustavelology. Menabde meticulously traces the history of 19th-century interpretations, public readings, and the famous 1888 \"Vepkhistqaosani\" commission. He highlights how the poem’s values of friendship, loyalty, and resistance to tyranny provided the ideological foundation for the modern Georgian struggle for self-determination.\u003cbr\u003eWith a limited print run of only 1,000 copies, this academic study is a rare find for researchers of Caucasian history, Rustavelology, and 19th-century nationalism. 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Authored by Vasily Chachanidze, the volume serves as a celebratory record of the poem's journey across linguistic borders, cataloging the diverse array of translators who have interpreted Georgia's national treasure for their respective cultures.\u003cbr\u003eThe work is presented in four languages—Georgian, Russian, English, and French—reflecting its international subject matter. Chachanidze provides a detailed history of the poem's translation, beginning with the earliest attempts and moving toward the mid-20th century. 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Written between 1887 and 1917, these papers predate Marr's later, more eccentric linguistic theories, focusing instead on rigorous philological and historical-literary analysis.\u003cbr\u003eThe collection centers on two pillars of Georgian literature: Shota Rustaveli's epic The Knight in the Panther's Skin (Vepkhistkaosani) and the romance Visramiani. Marr explores the complex Persian-Georgian literary ties, the philosophical undercurrents of the texts, and the historical context of the Golden Age of the Georgian Kingdom. Prepared for the press by the renowned scholar Iosif Megrelidze, the book includes extensive modern commentary that contextualizes Marr’s early insights within contemporary 20th-century scholarship. 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Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003eThe flyleaf of the book contains an autograph by the compiler, Dilara Aliyeva (a dedicatory inscription dated December 8, 1978).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1978 edition of Shota Rustaveli’s immortal epic, \"The Knight in the Panther's Skin,\" represents a vital link in the history of Georgian-Azerbaijani literary relations. Published by the \"Elm\" press of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijani SSR, the text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Rustavelian world through a carefully curated Azerbaijani rendition, including the arrangement of the poem’s philosophical and romantic stanzas prepared by the prominent scholar and public figure Dilara Aliyeva. As a vital primary source, this volume documents the enduring cultural synthesis between the two neighboring nations, specifically within the academic framework of the Nizami Museum of Azerbaijani Literature. This particular copy is of exceptional value as it bears an original autograph and dedication from Dilara Aliyeva, dated December 8, 1978, shortly after the book's release. Aliyeva was a renowned specialist in Georgian-Azerbaijani literary ties, making her personal inscription a significant historical artifact.  The hardcover edition, printed in a standard format, is a significant bibliographical rarity for collectors of Rustaveliana, Caucasian studies specialists, and those interested in the scholarly legacy of Dilara Aliyeva.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44119465754666,"sku":"BOOK-AUTOF-SKFA","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_8752.jpg?v=1771872980"},{"product_id":"ivane-kavtaradze-towards-a-history-of-the-georgian-language-12th-18th-centuries-kartuli-enis-istoriisatvis-volume-i-1964-in-georgian","title":"Ivane Kavtaradze. 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Topuria ; Tbilisi State University, Chair of Modern Georgian Language.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Tbilisi State University Press, 1964. 403 pp.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's blue leatherette binding. Standard octavo format 60×92\/16 (approximately 145×220 mm). Print run of only 1,000 copies. \u003cbr\u003eBearing a brief handwritten ownership note in Georgian cursive in black ballpoint on the front free endpaper.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: blue boards with light wear to corners and edges, the gilt lettering of author and title bright and well preserved; interior leaves with even, light age-toning typical of mid-1960s Soviet acidic paper; the tipped-in errata slip preserved intact; text-block firm, sewing sound, text fully legible throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first volume of Ivane Kavtaradze's foundational historical study of the literary Georgian language between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries, published under the imprint of Tbilisi State University Press in a strikingly small print run of only 1,000 copies. Kavtaradze, working under the editorial supervision of Varlam Topuria — the leading authority of the twentieth-century Georgian linguistic school and head of the Chair of Modern Georgian Language at Tbilisi State University — traces the phonological, morphological, lexical and stylistic development of the language through the major literary monuments of the High and Late Medieval periods and the early modern Georgian renaissance: from the twelfth-century language of Shota Rustaveli's Vepkhistq'aosani and the Georgian historical chronicles, through the prose and lexicography of Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, to the eighteenth-century literary and grammatical efflorescence under King Vakhtang VI and the Bagrationi court. A particular strength of the volume is its careful attention to the substantial corpus of Persian and Arabic lexical loans that entered Georgian during this period, displayed in tabulated transliterations of Perso-Arabic source forms (devlat, ǧannam, pahlavān, divān, mukāfaʿat and others). Issued as a working monograph of the New Georgian Language Department at Tbilisi State University and intended both for advanced philology students and for Kartvelological specialists, the volume is foundational to the historical and comparative study of the Georgian literary language. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44305435557930,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_2211.jpg?v=1777643481"},{"product_id":"korneli-kekelidze-etudes-from-the-history-of-old-georgian-literature-volume-i-etiudebi-dzveli-kartuli-literaturis-istoriidan-1956-in-georgian","title":"Korneli Kekelidze. Etudes from the History of Old Georgian Literature, Volume I (Et'iudebi dzveli kartuli lit'erat'uris ist'oriidan). 1956. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eკეკელიძე, კორნელი. ეტიუდები ძველი ქართული ლიტერატურის ისტორიიდან. I \/ რედ. მ. თევზაძე ; საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია.\u003cbr\u003eთბილისი : სტალინის სახ. თბილ. სახელმწ. უნ-ტის გამომცემლობა, 1956. 342 გვ.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი ყდა. ფორმატი 70×102\/16. ტირაჟი 5000 ეგზ. პარალელური სათაურის გვერდი რუსულ ენაზე.\u003cbr\u003eმდგომარეობა კარგი: ყდის ქაღალდი მცირედ მოყვითლო და ცვეთილი ნაპირებზე, ბლოკი მტკიცე, ფურცლები სუფთა, ტექსტი სრულად იკითხება.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKekelidze, Korneli. Etudes from the History of Old Georgian Literature : Volume I \/ editor M. Tevzadze ; control corrector P. Labartkava ; corrector Z. Uznadze ; Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Stalin Tbilisi State University Press, 1956. 342 pp.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover. Format 70×102\/16 (standard octavo, approximately 165×235 mm). Print run of 5,000 copies. With a parallel title-page in Russian.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: cover paper with light age-toning and edge-wear, particularly at the corners and along the fore-edge of the front board; spine sound; text-block firm, sewing tight, leaves clean and the text fully legible throughout. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first volume of Korneli Samsonovich Kekelidze's celebrated series of studies \"Etudes from the History of Old Georgian Literature\" — a fundamental work, here in its first edition, by the greatest twentieth-century scholar of medieval Georgian letters and the founding figure of modern Old Georgian philology. Korneli Kekelidze (1879–1962) was full member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences and corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, the author of the standard two-volume \"History of Old Georgian Literature\" (Karturi lit'erat'uris ist'oria, 1923–24, with multiple expanded editions thereafter), the principal cataloguer and publisher of the Old Georgian manuscript heritage, and the long-time director of what is now the Korneli Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts in Tbilisi (renamed in his honour after his death). The \"Etudes\" series, of which this 1956 volume is the inaugural number, ran in fourteen volumes between 1956 and 1986 and gathered Kekelidze's substantial scholarly studies across his entire career; the present opening volume contains twenty studies on the principal topics of his philological work: a major opening essay on Shota Rustaveli as \"the great Georgian poet and humanist of the Middle Ages\"; the question of the arrival of the Syrian Fathers in Kartli and the formation of Georgian monasticism; a treatment of Jeremiah the Iberian; studies in the textual tradition of the Mokc'evay Kartlisay (Conversion of Kartli) chronicle; the Old Georgian liturgical calendar; the lives of Constantine Kakhi and Ekvtime the Athonite (Iberian); the methodological essay on translation technique in Old Georgian literature; the lamentation (godebai) genre and its sources; new literary sources for the historiography of Lasha-Giorgi; studies in Old Georgian syntax (the postpositions tsinashe, tana, zeda); and the editorial principles for the publication of Old Georgian literary monuments. The volume is essential to specialists in Old Georgian literature, to Byzantinists working with Georgian sources, to scholars of Eastern Christianity and Caucasian Christianity, and to medievalists working on the Christian East more broadly. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44306286936106,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_2269.jpg?v=1777651003"},{"product_id":"boris-darchia-the-poetic-world-of-vakhtang-vi-vakhtang-meekvsis-poeturi-samqaro-poeticheskiy-mir-vakhtanga-vi-1988-in-georgian","title":"Boris Darchia. The Poetic World of Vakhtang VI (Vakht'ang meekvsis p'oet'uri samqaro \/ Poeticheskiy mir Vakhtanga VI). 1988. 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King of Kartli (with interruptions) from 1716 to 1724 and thereafter in exile in Russia until his death at Astrakhan in 1737, Vakhtang VI was simultaneously a statesman, legal codifier (his Dasturlamali code remained in force in eastern Georgia throughout the rest of the eighteenth century), printing pioneer (he established the first Georgian printing press in Tbilisi in 1709 and brought out the editio princeps of Shota Rustaveli's Vepkhistqaosani in 1712, with his own learned commentary still consulted today), commentator and translator (his Persian-Georgian translations and his exegetical apparatus to Rustaveli are foundational documents of Georgian literary criticism), and a substantial original poet. Darchia's monograph is the principal scholarly study of Vakhtang's poetic oeuvre: it opens with a critical reconstruction of the Vakhtangian poetic corpus (separating poems that genuinely belong to the king from those subsequently misattributed and identifying lyrical pieces preserved in manuscript but unprinted), proceeds to a thematic analysis of Vakhtang's \"poetic world\" (the figure of the poet and his literary milieu; literary models and inheritance; didactic and instructional motives; the contrast of joy and sorrow; religious themes treated through symbolic-allegorical exegesis, with detailed studies of the Amir-Nasariani, Sat'rt'ialani, and Salbunad gulisa cycles; the patriotic motif), and concludes with a major study of Vakhtang's versification — his place in the development of Georgian metrics and his relation to Mamuka Baratashvili's Chashniki. Issued under the editorial supervision of Aleksandre Baramidze (1902–1994), the doyen of twentieth-century Rustavelology, and Sargis Tsaishvili, both senior Rustaveli scholars at the Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature, the volume is an essential reference for specialists in pre-modern Georgian literature, Rustavelology, the eighteenth-century Georgian literary renaissance under the Bagrationi court, and the history of the Georgian printed book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44308158709802,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_2333.jpg?v=1777725679"},{"product_id":"rustaveli-shota-the-knight-in-the-tigers-skin-yolbars-terisini-yopingan-pahlavon-vepkhistqaosani-1966-in-uzbek","title":"Rustaveli, Shota. The Knight in the Tiger's Skin (Yo'lbars terisini yopingan pahlavon \/ Vepkhistqaosani). 1966. 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Text block good: paper age-yellowed; paper tear with loss at upper right corner of front free endpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Vepkhistqaosani\" (The Knight in the Panther's Skin) by Shota Rustaveli, composed at the court of Queen Tamar of Georgia (r. 1184-1213), is the Georgian national epic and one of the great works of medieval world literature. Its chivalric narrative - the quest of three knights, chief among them Tariel who wears a tiger skin as an emblem of mourning, to rescue the captive princess Nestan-Darejan - belongs to the universal canon of romantic heroic poetry.\u003cbr\u003eThe present Tashkent edition is the canonical Uzbek-language rendering of the poem, produced in collaboration by two of the foremost Uzbek Soviet poets. Maqsud Shaykhzoda (1908-1967), poet, playwright, and Honored Artist of Uzbekistan (1964), contributed the prologue and alternating sections; Tolib Mirtemir (1910-1978), later named People's Poet of Uzbekistan (1971), translated the remaining sections. Both poets had experienced Stalinist repression in the 1930s. Their Rustaveli collaboration is recognized as a landmark of Uzbek literary translation and Soviet Georgian-Central Asian cultural exchange. The translation is based on the 1937 Moscow Goslitizdat Russian edition of the poem. Shaykhzoda died in February 1967, months after the book appeared, making this effectively the final major publication of his career.\u003cbr\u003eThe volume reproduces illustrations from three distinct graphic traditions: the canonical drawings of Mihaly Zichy (1827-1906), the Hungarian-born court painter who arrived in Tiflis in 1881 specifically to illustrate the poem, and whose resulting series became the defining visual interpretation of the Vepkhistqaosani; illustrations by Sergei Kobuladze (1909-1978), the Georgian Soviet artist responsible for the plates in the prestigious 1937 AN SSSR Petrenко edition; and drawings by I. Toidze of the Georgian Toidze artistic dynasty.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44367650193450,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_3189.jpg?v=1778756709"},{"product_id":"roustaveli-chota-le-preux-a-la-peau-de-tigre-vepkhistqaosani-vityaz-v-tigrovoy-shkure-french-text-by-elisabeth-orbeliani-and-solomon-iordanichvili-1977-in-french","title":"Roustaveli, Chota. Le Preux a la peau de tigre (Vepkhistqaosani \/ Vityaz' v tigrovoy shkure). French text by Elisabeth Orbeliani and Solomon Iordanichvili, 1977. In French.","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoustaveli, Chota. Le Preux a la peau de tigre \/ texte francais d'Elisabeth Orbeliani et de Solomon Iordanichvili ; redacteurs Gaston Bouatchidze et Guivi Meladze ; preface de Serge Serebriakov ; illustrations de Zourab Kapanadze.\u003cbr\u003eTbilissi : Editions Sabtchota Sakartvelo, 1977.\u003cbr\u003e219 pages, avec des illustrations ; 26 cm.\u003cbr\u003eReliure d'editeur en pleine toile, avec jaquette d'origine. Tirage de 7 000 exemplaires.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eRoustaveli, Chota. Le Preux a la peau de tigre \/ French text by Elisabeth Orbeliani and Solomon Iordanichvili ; editors Gaston Bouatchidze and Guivi Meladze ; preface by Serge Serebriakov ; illustrated by Zourab Kapanadze.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Sabtchota Sakartvelo Publishing House, 1977.\u003cbr\u003e219 pp., with illustrations ; 26 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's full cloth binding, with original dust jacket. Print run of 7,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eDust jacket good: minor wear along edges and spine ends, small marginal tears, gilt background remains bright. Binding very good: brown cloth clean, silver embossed panther motif on front board sharp. Text block very good: tight, complete, and clean throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA significant mid-Soviet scholarly and artistic French edition of \"The Knight in the Panther's Skin\" (Le Preux a la peau de tigre), the celebrated twelfth-century Georgian national epic by Shota Rustaveli. This volume represents a major twentieth-century effort to render the psychological depth and complex metaphorical structure of the epic accessible to a Francophone audience. The text preserves the classic translation foundations laid by Elisabeth Orbeliani (1871-1942) and the prominent Soviet Kartvelian philologist Solomon Iordanichvili (1894-1952), meticulously revised and prepared for publication by the noted translators and literary scholars Gaston Bouatchidze and Guivi Meladze. Visually striking, the volume features modern graphic designs and illustrations by Zourab Kapanadze, housed under a reflective gold-laminated dust jacket and a crisp silver-stamped hardcover. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44404262338602,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_4467.jpg?v=1779967157"},{"product_id":"soselia-g-the-social-and-state-system-of-georgia-according-to-the-knight-in-the-panthers-skin-sakartvelos-sazogadoebrivi-da-sakhelmtsipoebrivi-tskobileba-vepkhistkaosnis-mikhedvit-sokhumi-1956","title":"Soselia, G. The Social and State System of Georgia According to The Knight in the Panther's Skin (Sakartvelos sazogadoebrivi da sakhelmtsipoebrivi tskobileba Vepkhistkaosnis mikhedvit). Sokhumi, 1956.","description":"\u003cp\u003eსოსელია, გ. საქართველოს საზოგადოებრივი და სახელმწიფოებრივი წყობილება ვეფხისტყაოსნის მიხედვით \/ გ. სოსელია.\u003cbr\u003eსოხუმი: აფხაზეთის სახელგამი, 1956 (საქმთავარგამომც. სტ. ქ. სოხუმში).\u003cbr\u003e232 გვ. ; 22 სმ.\u003cbr\u003eორიგინალური მუყაოს ყდა ქსოვილის ზურგით. ტირაჟი 2 000 ცალი.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eSoselia, G. Sakartvelos sazogadoebrivi da sakhelmtsipoebrivi tskobileba Vepkhistkaosnis mikhedvit [The Social and State System of Georgia According to The Knight in the Panther's Skin] \/ G. Soselia.\u003cbr\u003eSokhumi: Abkhazetis Sakhelgami [Abkhazian State Publishing House], 1956.\u003cbr\u003e232 pages ; 22 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher's original quarter cloth binding (paper boards with a cloth spine). Print run of 2,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eBinding : good : paper boards are clean with light age-toning, cloth spine remains firm with minor shelf wear at the ends. Text block : good : tight, complete, and structurally sound, pages uniformly toned due to paper stock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis rare post-war academic monograph offers a detailed socio-political and legal analysis of medieval Georgia through the lens of Shota Rustaveli’s twelfth-century epic masterpiece, The Knight in the Panther's Skin (Vepkhistkaosni). Written by the scholar G. Soselia (Georgiy Kutievich Soselia), the study methodically dissects the societal structures, state apparatus, feudal hierarchies, and legal concepts embedded within the poem to reconstruct the historical reality of Georgia's Golden Age. The work explores fundamental themes such as the system of lord-vassal relations (patronqmoba), slavery and servitude, the societal status of women, concepts of friendship and courtly love, and the overarching legal and state organizations of the era. Published in Sokhumi by the Abkhazian State Publishing House (Abgosizdat \/ Abkhazetis Sakhelgami) in 1956, this volume represents a significant milestone in Soviet Rustavelian scholarship (vepkhistkaosniseba). \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44404362412074,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_4519.jpg?v=1779969040"},{"product_id":"tsintadze-p-the-knight-in-the-panthers-skin-worldview-and-artistic-construction-a-critical-study-vepkhis-tqaosani-msoflmkhedveloba-da-mkhatvrul-konstruktsia-kritikuli-etiudi-1936-in-georgian","title":"Tsintadze, P. The Knight in the Panther's Skin: Worldview and Artistic Construction. A Critical Study (Vepkhis-Tqaosani: Msoflmkhedveloba da Mkhatvrul Konstruktsia. Kritikuli Etiudi). 1936. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eცინცაძე, პ. ვეფხის-ტყაოსანი : მსოფლმხედველობა და მხატვრული კონსტრუქცია : კრიტიკული ეტიუდი \/ სსრკ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია, საქართველოს ფილიალი.\u003cbr\u003eტფილისი : სსრკ მეცნიერებათა აკადემიის საქართველოს ფილიალის გამოცემა, 1936. 109 გვ. ; 22 სმ.\u003cbr\u003eმაგარი ყდა (ქაღალდით გარეკანი), ილუსტრირებული ფორზაცით. ტირაჟი 1 500 ც.\u003cbr\u003eყდა - კარგი: კუთხეები ცვეთილი, ზედა კიდე გამუქებული; გარეკანის ნახატი ნათელი. ბლოკი - კარგი: მნიშვნელოვანი ასაკობრივი გაყვითლება, ტექსტი სრული.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eTsintadze, P. The Knight in the Panther's Skin: Worldview and Artistic Construction. A Critical Study \/ Georgian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Georgian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 1936. 109 pp. ; 22 cm.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover (paper-covered boards) with full-color illustrated endpapers. Print run of 1,500 copies.\u003cbr\u003eBinding good: corners worn; top edge darkened; cover design bright and fully intact. Text block good: heavy age-toning throughout; text complete and legible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare Stalinist-era critical study of the Vepkhiskhosani (\"The Knight in the Panther's Skin\"), the twelfth-century epic poem by Shota Rustaveli that stands as the central monument of the Georgian literary tradition. Published in 1936 - one year before the major all-Union celebrations of the 750th anniversary of the poem, which were declared a national jubilee under Stalin's personal patronage and generated an extraordinary wave of scholarship, translations, and commemorative editions - this monograph by P. Tsintadze examines the poem's worldview and artistic construction from a Marxist-materialist perspective, analyzing its socio-ideological background, treatment of feminine honor, themes of friendship and loyalty, the poem's principal heroes, and its overall artistic-ideological synthesis. It is an early specimen of the Soviet Rustaveli scholarship that dominated Georgian literary studies of the 1930s-1940s, characterized by the application of class analysis and historical materialism to the medieval courtly epic. The volume was issued by the Georgian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, which had been established in Tbilisi in 1933 as the principal Soviet academic institution for Georgian studies and was the immediate predecessor of the independent Georgian Academy of Sciences founded in 1941. Its print run of 1,500 copies is exceptionally small even for an Academy specialist monograph, and the volume is rarely encountered on the market. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413565861930,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_4532.jpg?v=1780381143"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/collections\/Shota_Rustaveli_Rustavelology_Collection_1_Updated.png?v=1771324743","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/collections\/shota-rustaveli-rustavelology.oembed","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}