Chulkov, Georgii Ivanovich (1879 - 1939)
Belkin, Veniamin Pavlovich, artist (1884 - 1951), artist
Mariia Gamil´ton. Poema. Risunki Bielkina Veniamina. Peterburg, 'Akvilon', 1922. 32 p.,ills.from artist´s zinc plates. €250
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12 mo, decorative original front cover in attractive brown geometrical frame. High resolution ills. from artist´s original zinc plates. Very good.

The book was published by one of the best private publishing houses of 1920s and printed at former Golike and Vil´borg printing shop under supervision of V. I. Anisimov, one of Russia´s best printers and book culture historian.
Veniamin Pavlovich Belkin was a prominent book designer, very often commissioned by 'Academia' publishing house. He was also known for some fine erotic drawings and watercolors. One of the most artistic and most beautiful publications of the epoch.
Shortly after G. I. Chulkov´s arrest the book was withdrawn from circulation. It was banned for library circulation for more than a decade.

See: Izdatel´stvo 'Akvilon'. tvorcheskii put´. Neopublikovannye materialy. M., 2001, p. 17, Soskin, L.M. (1995) p.140/41