[ARCHITECTURE – IMPERIAL ST. PETERSBURG] Ezhegodnik Imperatorskago Obshchestva arkhitektorov-khudozhnikov: vypusk deviatyi [Yearbook of the Society of artists-architects: volume nine] (1914).

Petrograd (St. Petersburg): Izdanie pravleniia Obshchestva arkhitektorov khudozhnikov, 1914. Quarto (30 × 20 cm). Original decorative cloth-backed wrappers; 1–52; 156; 53–100 pp. on coated stock. Illustrations, including some color plates. Light soil and fading to wrappers; spine shaken and starting at lower left corner; else good. Item #54837

Single volume of a series of yearbooks of the Imperial Society of Architects and Artists, published 1906–1917 and 1927–1935. Presenting hundreds of illustrations, including plans, elevations, renderings, photographs and color plates of recent architectural 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. Of special interest in this volume are the plans for Church of St. Alexis in Leipzig, built to commemorate the participation of Russian Troops in the battle with Napoleon in Leipzig in 1813, as well as the Russian Pavilion at the International Exhibition of Printing and Graphic Arts in Leipzig in 1914 designed by Vladimir Pokrovskii. Most of the works presented are substantial public projects, both secular and religious. With 100 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 complete sets ranging from vol. 1 (1906) to vol. 14 (1935) at five institutions in North America, with another institution holding scattered issues including this volume.

Price: €750.00

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