[ARCHITECTURE – IMPERIAL ST. PETERSBURG] Ezhegodnik Obshchestva arkhitektorov-khudozhnikov: vypusk shestoi [Yearbook of the Society of artists-architects: volume six] (1911).

St. Petersburg: Izdanie pravleniia Obshchestva arkhitektorov khudozhnikov, 1911. Quarto (30 × 20 cm). Original decorative wrappers; I– XLVIII; 181; XLIX–XCV pp. on coated stockj. Illustrations, some in color. Light soil to front wrapper; moisture stains to rear wrapper; spine shaken; starting at extremities; else good. Item #54836

One volume of a series of yearbooks of the Imperial Society of Architects and Artists, begun in 1906 and suspended during the tumultuous years around the Bolshevik Revolution. Presenting hundreds of illustrations, including plans, elevations, renderings, photographs and color plates of recent architecturаl competitions, diploma works of graduates of the Imperial Architectural Academy in St. Petersburg, as well as material on historical works, the yearbooks give a fine overview of developments in architecture and planning in pre-Revolutionary Russia, as well as significant material on historical works. Most of the works presented are substantial public projects, both secular and religious. Of special interest in this volume are the plans for Aleksei Shchusev’s Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1913), Evgenii Shretter’s design for a neoclassical thermal spa and mud bath in Yesentuki (Caucasus), as well as design competitions for wall paper and decorative fabric patterns. With 95 pp. of advertisements of related products and services at beginning and end of volume. After the Revolution the yearbooks resumed publication in 1927–1935, dropping the “Imperial” from the title, and most of the advertising. The Society was eventually disbanded after the creation of the Union of Soviet Architects in 1932, with the last two volumes of the yearbooks (vol. 13–14) nevertheless published in 1935.

As of January 2025, KVK, OCLC show this issue at eight institutions in North America.

Price: €750.00

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