THE QUEEN OF SPADES
Short description:
The most mysterious and mystical work in the oeuvre of the greatest Russian poet and writer, Alexander Pushkin. The dominant motif in the book’s composition is the theme of card games – the driving force of the literary plot, which can be detected in every element of the publication’s design.
Artists:
Edition:
25 copies numbered and signed by the publisher and the artist. Copy № 13 is in the collection of the State Hermitage.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
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Year of publication:2001
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Number of pages:76
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Dimensions:445 × 290 mm
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Paper:Vélin d’Arches (France), 270 g/m², handmade
Language:
Russian
The publication contains 18 etchings that were printed at the Centre for Books and Graphics in Saint Petersburg. In copies number 1–10, the artist hand-tinted the etchings.
The Russian-language text was typeset by hand, using the Yelizaventinskaya typeface and printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand-press.
The book is covered with Kenya kid leather decorated with an embossed depiction of a playing card and plant ornamentation. The author’s surname is embossed in gold on the spine. The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Illustrations, cover design, layout — Valery Mishin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Hand typesetting and printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Proof-reader — Tatyana Uvarova
Technical support — Victor Davydov
Illustrations, cover design, layout — Valery Mishin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Hand typesetting and printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Proof-reader — Tatyana Uvarova
Technical support — Victor Davydov
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
About this edition
About this edition:
-
Year of publication:2001
-
Number of pages:76
-
Dimensions:445 × 290 mm
-
Paper:Vélin d’Arches (France), 270 g/m², handmade
Language:
Russian
The publication contains 18 etchings that were printed at the Centre for Books and Graphics in Saint Petersburg. In copies number 1–10, the artist hand-tinted the etchings.
The Russian-language text was typeset by hand, using the Yelizaventinskaya typeface and printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand-press.
The book is covered with Kenya kid leather decorated with an embossed depiction of a playing card and plant ornamentation. The author’s surname is embossed in gold on the spine. The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Illustrations, cover design, layout — Valery Mishin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Hand typesetting and printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Proof-reader — Tatyana Uvarova
Technical support — Victor Davydov
Illustrations, cover design, layout — Valery Mishin
Printing of the etchings — Alexander Mikhailov
Hand typesetting and printing of the text — Sergei Yashin
Binding work — Andrei Degtev, Konstantin Svetlov
Proof-reader — Tatyana Uvarova
Technical support — Victor Davydov
Alexander Pushkin
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
The most mysterious and mystical work in the oeuvre of the greatest Russian poet and writer