Afanassi Afanasyevich FET (1820-1892) Poems, with... Lot 198

Afanassi Afanasyevich FET (1820-1892) Poems, with drawings by Vladimir Konachewicz (1888- 1963). Published by Aquilon, Petersburg, 1922. Unique nominative copy, printed for Renée Ivanovna Nothafft. The illustrator himself selected the 26 poems for this collection. The cover, title and 15 illustrations were produced using zincography. In-8° format, 45 pages and 9 illustration leaves. Slight wear. Provenance: Paula Renée Nothafft (née Kaestlin), first wife of F.F. Nothafft, art lover and collector, researcher at the Hermitage and founder of the Aquilon publishing house. Paula Nothafft was made famous by painter B.M. Kustodiev's portrait of her; in 1923, she left Soviet Russia for Switzerland with her son Andrei, who would later become a major industrialist.