A convolute of 5 complete rare works of illustrated Russian Erotica, all under separate covers and with original front wrappers, bound-in contemporary cloth, 366 x 285 mm. Comprising:

(a) Maskarad, 4 lithographs by 'P.P.' Sanktpeterburg, 1860. Complete, all published

(b) [ALEXANDER IGNAT'EVICH LEBEDEV (1830-1898)], Piknik, illustrated by A.L. (A. Lebedev). 5 lithographs. Sanktpeterburg, 1859. All published

(c) [ANONONYMOUS ARTIST], Balagan, Tetrad' 1. Sanktpeterburg, 1860. 6 lithographs. All published

(d) ALEXANDER IGNAT'EVICH LEBEDEV (1830-1898), Pogibshie, mo milye sozdaniia, [Gone but dear creations], Saint Petersburg, 1860. 3 parts (of 6). Tetrad' 1,2,3 containing 30 plates of lithographes

(e) ALEXANDER IGNAT'EVICH LEBEDEV (1830-1898), Vo vsekh ty, dush'enka nariadakh khorosha, [Any form you take, you're beautiful to me]. Saint Petersburg, 1861. 8 plates of lithographs. All published

REFERENCE
M. Levitt and A. Toporkov, Eros i pornografiya v ruskkoy kul'ture [Eros and Pornography in Russian Culture], Moscow: Ladomir, 1999, p. 340 (illustrated) [see scan from book below]