Kurbatov, Vladimir Yakovlevich

[SIGNED] Peterburg: Khudozhestvenno-Istoricheskii Ocherk i Obzor Khudozhestvennogo Bogatstva stolitsy (St. Petersburg Illustrated Art Tourist Guide)

St. Petersburg: St. Eugenia Society, 1913. Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Anna Petrovna (illustrator). Publisher's cloth binding. Item #372

Book measures: 15 x 11,5 cm. 558, 31 pages: illustrations. Text in Russian. Signed by a Russian Newspaper journalist on the title page in 1944. Binding age-worn; the book shows some signs of handling and time, with some staining and fading.

The book "Petersburg" by the famous architectural historian, one of the founders of the Museum of Old Petersburg, Professor Vladimir Yakovlevich Kurbatov (1878–1957), is one of the first attempts at a detailed architectural guide to the streets of the city. Like the architecture of St. Petersburg, to which it is dedicated, this book is also an attractive cultural monument.

Price: $200.00