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In 1911 the Association "Golike R. and A. Vilborg" (later printing on the basis of this publishing house was established in Leningrad's famous printing them. Ivan Fyodorov, sginuvshaya in muddy Post-Perestroika years, the raider attacks) has published the novel by Pushkin, "Queen of Spades" with illustrated by Alexander Benois, shown in the same year at the "World of Art". Incidentally, it was the third version of Benoit illustrations for "The Queen of Spades" and first published in a separate publication. It should be noted that the Elizabethan headset, which was recruited this book and many others miriskusnicheskie edition, by some accounts, was initiated by Alexander Benois. The book was published in quarto format paperback and cost the 10 tubes. But for fans of the options were more luxurious bindings in the price of 12 and 15 rubles. Also released were 50 individuals luxury numbered copies for 35 rubles.
Only for the sake of formality I should note that this publication relates to the long bibliophile classics and listening to a beautiful example of book art at the beginning of XX century. The book subsequently reprinted twice - in 1917 (again Golike R. and A. Vilborg) and 1979 (a facsimile edition in lederinovom cover and slipcase, "Artist of the RSFSR).

Also in 1911, published by I. Knebel was published the first monograph of the planned Grabar series "Russian artists", devoted to the art MAVrubelja and written by S. Yaremich. The series managed to get only 5 books (more Levitan, Serov, Ryabushkin, Nesterov). Circulation at the time was a giant - 15 thousand copies.
The emergence of this series, among others, contributed to and quite worldly reason: Knebel, on the advice Grabar became clichés left over from terminated by the time the existence of "world art". And it was decided to use them, so they do not disappear, for the publication of a series of monographs on artists. Nebezinteresen and a list of anticipated books: Surikov Yakunchikova, Repin, Borisov-Musatov, Polenov, Ge, V. Vasnetsov, Korovin, Somov, Benois, Golovin, Roerich, Levitsky, Borovikovsky, Kiprenskiy, Venetsianov, Al-P Ivanov, Fedotov , Bryullov, Troubetzkoy, Rastrelli-st., Fedot Shubin, Fedosov Shchedrin, Kozlovsky, Martos, Vitali, Rastrelli Jr.., Old, Quarenghi Toma de Tomon, Zakharov, Stasov Bazhenov and Kazakov, Gilardi, Beauvais. Here is what was the swing! When in 1914 the publishing house was destroyed by thugs in connection with the German name of the owner, among other things were destroyed materials already prepared for publication in 1930 (!!!) monographs.