{"product_id":"крылов-басни-1947-krylov-fables-soviet-artists-gift-edition-moor-kukryniksy-rare","title":"Krylov, I. A. Fables (Basni), 1947. In Russian","description":"\u003cp\u003eКрылов И. А. Басни. \/ Иллюстрации А. Каневского, Ф. Домогацкого, С. Герасимова и др.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : ОГИЗ (Государственное издательство художественной литературы), 1947.\u003cbr\u003e112 с., ил. Издательский тканевый переплет с тисненым барельефом, суперобложка, энциклопедический формат. Подарочное издание. Отпечатано в Германии.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKrylov, I. A. Fables (Basni). \/ Illustrations by A. Kanevsky, F. Domogatsky, S. Gerasimov, et al.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : OGIZ (State Publishing House of Fiction), 1947.\u003cbr\u003e112 pp., ill. Publisher’s cloth binding with embossed relief, dust jacket, encyclopedic format. Gift edition. Printed in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 1947 edition of Ivan Krylov's Fables is a masterpiece of post-war Soviet book production, standing as a monument to both literary classicism and high-tier graphic art. Published to commemorate the enduring legacy of Russia’s greatest fabulist, Ivan Andreyevich Krylov (1769–1844), the book was printed in Germany shortly after the war—a common practice for premium Soviet gift editions of that era to ensure exceptional paper quality and typographic precision.\u003cbr\u003eThe volume's primary distinction lies in its unprecedented artistic collaboration. Nearly every page is adorned with illustrations by a \"who's who\" of Soviet graphic arts. The roster includes masters of woodcutting like Vladimir Favorsky, brilliant caricaturists such as the Kukryniksy and Dmitry Moor, the whimsical folk-inspired Yuri Vasnetsov, and the refined book designers Dmitry Mitrokhin and Andrey Goncharov. This diversity of styles—ranging from the sharp lines of political satire to lush, painterly realism—creates a multifaceted visual dialogue with Krylov's witty and moralizing texts.\u003cbr\u003eThe physical presentation of the book is equally impressive: a large encyclopedic format protected by a dust jacket, featuring a sophisticated cloth binding decorated with a sculptural embossed relief of the author. This edition was designed to be a centerpiece of a private library, celebrating the timeless relevance of fables like \"The Quartet\" and \"The Dragonfly and the Ant.\" Today, it is highly prized by collectors not only as a literary collection but as an essential gallery of mid-20th-century Soviet illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43963245461546,"sku":"EB-306376447220","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/57_eb3470b9-ada0-4d3a-a301-ae77fd378201.jpg?v=1768163165","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/%d0%ba%d1%80%d1%8b%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%b2-%d0%b1%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%bd%d0%b8-1947-krylov-fables-soviet-artists-gift-edition-moor-kukryniksy-rare","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}