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[OPERA RUSSE, BILIBIN, KOROWIN, KUZNETSOW] Opéra Privé de Paris, Premiere Season, 1929

Program: Tsar Saltan by N. Rimski-Korsakov (set design by Bilibin) H. Chachoin Imprimérie, Paris 31,5 x 24,5 cm; [40] pp. Saddle stitch binding. Matte cardstock edition. Illustration by Bilibin on the front cover. On the inside 1 mounted colored ill. by Kuznetsow, 8 mounted colored ill. by Bilibin and 3 printed monochrome ill. by Korowin. Ink note „-1929-“ on the first page. Spine is heavily rubbed, wrappers are slightly age browned and soiled, with foxing to the edges. The front cover with tear of the right edge (2 cm) and minor losses of the lower edge. Rusted staples. Pages are occasionally sunned and yellowed. 3 double pages are detached from the middle of the text block.