Lot 310
Book of Ruth, Russian Translation – Woodcuts by Vladimir Favorsky – Moscow, 1925
Книга Руфь [Book of Ruth]. Translated into Russian by Abram Markovich Efros. Moscow: М. и С. Сабашниковых [M. and S. Sabashnikov], 1925. Russian. Illustrations: Vladimir Favorsky.
Translation into Russian of the biblical Book of Ruth by Abram Markovich Efros (1888-1954), a Soviet-Jewish art and literary critic and translator, who also translated the biblical Song of Songs (Song of Solomon) into Russian.
Both the cover design and the illustrations (woodcuts) in the text itself are the work of Vladimir Andreyevich Favorsky (1886-1964), a Muscovite-Soviet painter, graphic artist, print artist, educator, and theoretician.
42, [1] pp., 26 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears and creases to edges of cover and spine. Stains to cover. Front and back covers detached. Minor stains to leaves. Loose gatherings.
Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
