Shaginian, Marietta Sergeevna (1888 - 1982) Orientalia. Izdanie tret´e, ispravlennoe i dopolnennoe. M., Knigoizdatel´stvo 'Al´tsiona' , 1915. 60, [4p.] €100,00
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Square 8 vo, original covers. Small water stain on front cover, not affecting the text. High quality rag paper. VERY GOOD.

Second collection of poems. First edition came out in 1913 (differs from all other editions). 'Orientalia' had a great success and brough fame to the poet. The book was printed seven times between 1913 and 1922, most of editions differ from each other. Shaginian was close to Zinaida Gippius and to many other influential symbolist poets. Bely, Sologub and Blok had great and powerful influence on her first and second collections of poems.