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CHEKHONIN, SERGEI VASILEVICH illustrator] RAFALOVICH, SERGEI LVOVICH. Speculum animae . St. Petersberg: Shipovik, 1911. Original decorated wrappers designed by S. Chekhonin. 10 x 7 1/2 inches (25 x 19 cm); 99 pp., decorations by V. Ya. Chembers; and 15 color and half-tones plates after S. G Sudeikin, M. V. Dobuzhinsky, S. V. Chekhonin and others. Wrappers somewhat toned, edges frayed and lower spine chipped. First edition of an exceptional collection of Russian poetry illustrated by members of the Mir Iskusstva [World of Art] group. All of the participants (including the poet) were contributors to the eminent art journal Apollon; Together with SOMOV, KONSTANTIN ANDREEVICH and GRABAR, IGOR EMMANUILOVICH. Konstantin Somov Constantin Somoff. St. Petersburg: Sovremennoe iskusstvo, 1903. Bound in modern blue cloth retaining original wrappers. 9 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (24 x 21 cm); [2], 24, [4] pp., with 66 plates. Repaired tears to several text leaves. Important monograph by one of the leading members of the Mir Iskusstva [World of Art] group.; And BRYUSOV, VALERY and ARAPOV, ANATOLII. N. Sapunov. Moscow: Izd. N.N. Karysheva, 1916. Original wrappers. 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (31 x 23.5 cm); 93, [3] pp., tipped-in plates. Minor faying to covers, mild foxing to a few leaves. Rare catalogue of this artist's work. C