Catalog of the Russian department of the International Exhib - Lot 204

Catalog of the Russian department of the International Exhibition of Prints and Drawings in Leipzig, 1914. Edited by I.I. Leman. Printed by Sirius, St. Petersburg, 1914. Cover illustration by Georguiy Ivanovitch Nabrut (1886-1920), title and ornamentation based on his drawings and engraved by the O.I. Leman workshop. Photographic portrait of Nicholas II protected by a papyrus leaf, printed by the Golike and A. company. Wilborg company. Edition of 3,000 copies. In-8° format, 265 pages. Very good condition. A gold mine of information on ancient and modern Russian books. Provenance: Paula Renée Nothafft (née Kaestlin), first wife of F.F. Nothafft, art lover and collector, researcher at the Hermitage and founder of the Aquilon publishing house. Paula Nothafft was made famous by painter B.M. Kustodiev's portrait of her; in 1923, she left Soviet Russia for Switzerland with her son Andrei, who would later become a major industrialist.