Apollon. Hudozhestvenno-literaturnii illustrirovannii zyrnal. St Petersburg, 1909-1917. Plus supplement "Russkaya hudozhestvennaya letopis". St Petersburg, 1911, 1912.

[Russian artistic chronicle]. Vol. XXVIII – 1911, 328 p.
Vol. XXIX – 1912, 264 p.
[Apollon. Art and literary illustrated magazine]. The very rare complete set of the leading art and literture periodical in the decade before the Revolution, 1909-1917. 29 volumes.
Apollon is the precious record of a vanished world, the embodiment of a remarkable flourishing of creativity immediately before the old order was swept away - with profound consequences for Russia and the rest of the world. It is a lavish publication, reachly illustrated with fine chromolithographs, and featuring the first publication of important works by prominent authors of the time: Akhmatova, Bakst, Balmont, Benois, Blok, Briusov, Belyi, Dobuzhinskii, Gumilev, Ivanov, Kandinsky, Lukomskii, Mandel`stam, Muratov, Meierhold, Petrov-Vodkin, Roerich, Somov, Vrangel, and many others.
Octavo (25 х 20,5 cm). All volumes are in later half leather bindings. Publisher`s original wrappers are under the main covers. Covers and pages repaired. Very good condition.