Slovo o Polku Igoreve (The Tale of Igor's Campaign)

by Lihachev, D. S.[editor]

$40 · Offered by Biblio

Moscow: Detgiz, 1961. Hardcover. Good. Third edition; 8vo; pp. [4], 5-227, [5]; original embossed brick-red boards; elaborate gilt and white decorations; illustrated with engravings; head and tail of spine slightly rubbed; 1 vertical crease line to bottom margin of front cover; hinges cracked; original old East Slavic and contemporary Russian texts on facing pages; good- condition. An epic poem from the late 12th century. It is based on the unsuccessful attack of Kniaz Igor Svyatoslavich, Prince of Novgorod-Seversk, against the Cumans in the southern part of the Don region in 1185. Studies point to it being an anonymous oral composition - put into written form sometime in the 13th century. An interesting fact about the work is that it was first translated into English in 1960 by none other than Lolita s creator Vladimir Nabokov.

• Publisher: Moscow: Detgiz
• Year: 1961
• Binding: hardcover

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