Kvitka-Osnovyanenko, G. Pan Khalyavsky. Cover design by E. Mey, 1928. In Russian.

Г. Квитка-Основяненко.
Пан Халявский.
Институт Тараса Шевченко. Редакция и вступительная статья И. Айзенштока. Обложка работы Е. Мея.
Киев: Государственное издательство Украины, 1928.
276 с. ; 19 × 13 см. Издательская иллюстрированная обложка.
Тираж 3000 экз.
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G. Kvitka-Osnovyanenko.
Pan Khalyavsky.
Institute of Taras Shevchenko. Edited with an introductory article by I. Ayzenshtok. Cover design by E. Mey.
Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, 1928.
276 pp. ; 19 × 13 cm. Illustrated softcover.
Edition of 3,000 copies.

This 1928 edition of Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnovyanenko’s satirical masterpiece, Pan Khalyavsky, stands as a landmark of early Soviet literary scholarship and avant-garde book design. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of the Ukrainian gentry’s provincial life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including the arrangement of a sharp, humorous narrative that parodies the gluttony, sloth, and intellectual stagnation of the petty nobility. Prepared by the Institute of Taras Shevchenko with an extensive introductory study by the renowned literary critic Ieremiia Ayzenshtok, this volume serves as a vital primary source for the study of the transition from the "Little Russian" literary tradition to modern Ukrainian social critique. It reflects the "Ukrainization" period’s effort to reclaim and critically re-examine classic texts through a contemporary sociological lens.