Lot 288: BEM, Elizaveta Merkur'evna (1843-1914). Sviatoi prorok naum nastav na um. Azbuka . Vyp. 2, 3, i 4. [Alphabet. Parts 2, 3, and 3.] Paris: I.S. Lapin [1913]. 3 vols, 2° (390 x 295mm). 6 mounted plates in each volume, or 18 plates altogether.

BEM, Elizaveta Merkur'evna (1843-1914). Sviatoi prorok naum nastav na um. Azbuka. Vyp. 2, 3, i 4. [Alphabet. Parts 2, 3, and 3.] Paris: I.S. Lapin [1913]. 3 vols, 2° (390 x 295mm). 6 mounted plates in each volume, or 18 plates altogether. Printed prospectus laid in parts 2 and 3, additional plate from part 5 laid into part 4. Original illustrated portfolios for parts 2 and 3, custom-made portfolio for part 4 (worn, some crude repairs).

A selection of plates from Bem's distinctive alphabet. Complete sets are uncommon. The P.V. Gubar collection holds parts 1-3 only. Together with a defective copy of Bem's Moia Pervaia Azbuka published by M.O. Vol'f. Gubar 2117-2119. (4)

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