Ruslan i Liudmila. Volshebnaia Opera v 5 deistviiakh. [Ruslan und Ludmila. Phanatastische oper in 5 aufzügen].

£1,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Musical score for Glinka's opera, Ruslan and Ludmila with the original wrappers designed by Bilibin. Folio 31 x 24 cm; 255pp., title page and contents in Russian and German, ink ownership inscription to corner of upper flyleaf, title-page and content, contemporary bookseller's stamp to lower flyleaf, minor foxing throughout; near contemporary brown cloth with gilt title to upper cover and title in gilt to spine with floral detail, patterned endpapers, original wrapper designed by Bilibin bound in, faint Russian Musical Publishing house stamp to cover, a very good copy.

• Binding: Hardcover

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