![DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881). 'Prestuplenie i nakazanie' [Crime and Punishment] in Russkii vestnik [The Russian Messenger], vol. 61, nos. 1-12. St Petersburg: at the University Press for M. Katkov, January-December 1866.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0062_001(dostoevsky_fyodor_prestuplenie_i_nakazanie_crime_and_punishment_in_rus111900).jpg?w=1)
![DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881). 'Prestuplenie i nakazanie' [Crime and Punishment] in Russkii vestnik [The Russian Messenger], vol. 61, nos. 1-12. St Petersburg: at the University Press for M. Katkov, January-December 1866.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0062_002(dostoevsky_fyodor_prestuplenie_i_nakazanie_crime_and_punishment_in_rus104734).jpg?w=1)
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DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor (1821-1881). 'Prestuplenie i nakazanie' [Crime and Punishment] in Russkii vestnik [The Russian Messenger], vol. 61, nos. 1-12. St Petersburg: at the University Press for M. Katkov, January-December 1866.
The first appearance of Dostoevsky's masterpiece. The February and March issues also included the first appearance of part one of Tolstoy's The Year 1805 – the original version of the opening of War and Peace. RBH and ABPC record only a fragment, the July issue only, having been offered at auction (Sotheby's, 22 March 1995, lot 57). Not in Kilgour.
Twelve volumes, octavo (210 x 134mm). (Five vols including vol. 1 lacking some of the first or last leaves but not affecting texts by Dostoevsky or Tolstoy; some marginal repairs; occasional dampstain, sometimes reaching into the text, especially in vols 4-5; occasional spotting). Near contemporary Russian green quarter leather preserving the printed front and rear wrappers in 7 vols, and fragments of the wrappers in 3 vols, spines ruled and lettered directly in gilt (spines worn; edges rubbed; vol. 8 lacking endpapers; spine head of vol. 5 repaired). Provenance: A. Kun' (signature) – Tashkent Gymnasium (stamps, press-mark) – Tashkent University (stamps, press-mark).
The first appearance of Dostoevsky's masterpiece. The February and March issues also included the first appearance of part one of Tolstoy's The Year 1805 – the original version of the opening of War and Peace. RBH and ABPC record only a fragment, the July issue only, having been offered at auction (Sotheby's, 22 March 1995, lot 57). Not in Kilgour.
Twelve volumes, octavo (210 x 134mm). (Five vols including vol. 1 lacking some of the first or last leaves but not affecting texts by Dostoevsky or Tolstoy; some marginal repairs; occasional dampstain, sometimes reaching into the text, especially in vols 4-5; occasional spotting). Near contemporary Russian green quarter leather preserving the printed front and rear wrappers in 7 vols, and fragments of the wrappers in 3 vols, spines ruled and lettered directly in gilt (spines worn; edges rubbed; vol. 8 lacking endpapers; spine head of vol. 5 repaired). Provenance: A. Kun' (signature) – Tashkent Gymnasium (stamps, press-mark) – Tashkent University (stamps, press-mark).
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