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Eugene Onegin

by Pushkin, Alexander; Nabokov, Vladimir (Translator); Boyd, Brian (Introduction); Washburn, Stan (Artist)

$1,815 · Offered by Biblio

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2018. Hardcover. New. Stan Washburn. In a tour de force of typography and letterpress printing, Nabokov’s English is presented along side the original in Cyrillic, accompanied by a transliteration. The paper is Italian mould-made Magnani, the types are Bembo for the English translation, 16 point; Modern 8A for the Cyrillic and transliteration, 12 point; and Ariston script for display in various sizes. The Cyrillic was cast in-house at M&H Type, using matrices that had been acquired at the time of the United Nations charter being printed in San Francisco. The format is folio, 15-5/8 by 11 inches, 256 pages. The frontispiece reproduces a painting by Stan Washburn, portraying Pushkin and Nabokov side by side. It was painted especially for this edition. The book is sewn by hand with linen thread over linen tapes, with handsewn bands at the head and foot in three colors of silk thread. The cover has a brown goatskin spine with gold foil-stamped titling and tan cloth over boards. The book comes in a slipcase. The edition is limited to 300 numbered copies for sale. Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) is not only Russia’s greatest poet, but also, to those in a position to judge, the greatest poet since Shakespeare. His novel in verse, "Eugene Onegin", stands at the center of Russian literature in a way that nothing else in world literature dominates its tradition. By common consent Pushkin is also the most untranslatable of writers. Dante and Shakespeare hav

  • Publisher: The Arion Press
  • Year: 2018
  • Printing: later
  • Binding: hardcover

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