Obrazy Italii [Images of Italy], vols. I-III [complete]

Author: Muratov, Pavel Pavlovich (1881-1950)
Title: Obrazy Italii [Images of Italy], vols. I-III [complete]
Publication: Berlin: Izdatelʹstvo Z. I. Grzhebina, 1924

Description:

A complete, definitive three-volume edition of Muratov’s eloquent and influential reflection on Italian art, architecture, and cultural history. The volumes are housed in the original red cloth slipcase, measuring 16.5 × 12 cm, with individual volumes at 15.5 × 11.5 cm. Pagination: Vol. I – 377 pp.; Vol. II – 291 pp.; Vol. III – 368 pp., all illustrated throughout with high-quality black-and-white reproductions.

This set remains in Very Good condition overall: minimal wear to spine tips and corners, light edge rubbing to the slipcase. Interiors are clean and crisp, with occasional pencil notations in the contents pages. The bindings are tight and square. An exceptional survival, rarely encountered, complete, and in such a fresh state.

Pavel Muratov (1881–1950), a Russian writer, art historian, and émigré intellectual, blends the sensitivity of the Symbolist tradition with the precision of an art critic. His Obrazy Italii occupies a unique position in the Russian literary and artistic canon—part aesthetic essay, part travelogue, part cultural meditation. He evokes Italy not only through architectural and artistic monuments but also as a spiritual geography, embodying the aspirations and ideals of an entire generation of Russian intelligentsia who viewed the Italian Renaissance as a vital legacy. The work has often been compared to Ruskin, yet Muratov’s voice remains distinctly his own: lyrical, erudite, and deeply personal.

Seller ID: 1560

Subject: Architecture and Design, Art, Foreign, Russian



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