The tale of the battle on the Kulikovo field, from the illuminated codex of the XVI th century

Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1980. 193p., upright 14x8.5 inch folio of coated paperstock, the reproductions in color with rubricated title page, bilingual in Russian / English, lavish production in leatherette gilt and lightweight slipcase. Head and tail of spine very slightly scuffed, slipcase rather worn, a very good copy. Text includes separate considerations of the battle narrative "in sixteenth-century miniatures" and "in early Russian literary works"

Cat.No: 168384

Price: $35.00