{"product_id":"state-hermitage-museum-museum-of-the-history-of-culture-and-art-a-brief-guide-with-a-plan-gosudarstvennyi-ermitazh-1933-in-russian","title":"State Hermitage Museum. Museum of the History of Culture and Art: A Brief Guide with a Plan (Gosudarstvennyi Ermitazh). 1933. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eГосударственный Эрмитаж. Музей истории культуры и искусства. Краткий справочник с планом. 2-е издание, исправленное и дополненное.\u003cbr\u003eМосква — Ленинград : Государственное издательство изобразительных искусств (ИЗОГИЗ), 1933. 84 с.\u003cbr\u003eМягкая издательская обложка. Уменьшенный формат (17 см). Тираж 10 000 экз.\u003cbr\u003eТипографская ошибка пагинации: за страницей 70 сразу следует страница 73 (текст не прерывается, утрат листов нет).\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее: обложка с легким выцветанием и потертостями по краям; блок крепкий, бумага равномерно пожелтела от времени, экземпляр полностью комплектный.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eState Hermitage Museum. Museum of the History of Culture and Art: A Brief Guide with a Plan. 2nd edition, revised and expanded.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow-Leningrad : State Publishing House of Fine Arts (IZOGIZ), 1933. 84 pp.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal printed paper wrappers. Small format (17 cm). Print run of 10,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eTypographical error in pagination: the page following p. 70 is misnumbered as p. 73 (the text is continuous, with no missing leaves).\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: wrappers show light fading and minor edge wear; text block is firm, pages are evenly age-toned; the volume is complete despite the printer's pagination error.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare early Soviet-era museum guide to the State Hermitage Museum, published in 1933. This pocket-sized guidebook reflects a fascinating transitional period in the history of the Hermitage. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, the museum was undergoing a radical ideological reorganization to fit Marxist historical frameworks, while simultaneously suffering from the tragic, secretive sales of its masterpieces by the Soviet government to Western buyers to fund industrialization. The guide outlines the museum's new \"sociological\" structure, dividing the vast collections into sections such as \"Pre-class Society,\" \"The Antique World,\" and \"The Epoch of Feudalism.\" Notably, it includes a large folding plan of the Winter Palace and Hermitage buildings, providing a snapshot of the gallery layouts during this tumultuous decade. This specific complete copy contains a curious typographical misprint typical of early Soviet mass printing, where the page following 70 is erroneously numbered 73, though the text continues uninterrupted. Such early and fragile paper-bound guides from the 1930s rarely survive intact and remain compelling artifacts of Soviet museology and cultural politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44533907554346,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_7027_fdcc95e1-9fd2-42be-b940-96f967503a2a.jpg?v=1783270965","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/state-hermitage-museum-museum-of-the-history-of-culture-and-art-a-brief-guide-with-a-plan-gosudarstvennyi-ermitazh-1933-in-russian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}