Lot 21

Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Идіотъ [The Idiot], 4 parts in 1, third edition, St. Petersburg, brothers Panteleevykh, 1882

Hammer Price: £650

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Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Идіотъ [The Idiot], 4 parts in 1, third edition, half titles, ink ownership stamp to first half-title, occasional marginal foxing, bookplate of Albert McGill to front pastedown, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, light fading to spine, 8vo, St. Petersburg, brothers Panteleevykh, 1882.

⁂ First posthumous edition, and second edition in book form of what has been described as Dostoevsky's most personal work, the first edition published by the author in 1874.

Description

Dostoevsky (Fyodor Mikhailovich) Идіотъ [The Idiot], 4 parts in 1, third edition, half titles, ink ownership stamp to first half-title, occasional marginal foxing, bookplate of Albert McGill to front pastedown, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, light fading to spine, 8vo, St. Petersburg, brothers Panteleevykh, 1882.

⁂ First posthumous edition, and second edition in book form of what has been described as Dostoevsky's most personal work, the first edition published by the author in 1874.

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