Bidspirit auction | [Pushkin Aleksander.Rare lifetime edition, 1826].

[Pushkin Aleksander.Rare lifetime edition, 1826]. La Fontaine des Pleurs, poeme de m. Alexandre Pouschkine, traduit librement du russe par J. M. Shopin. Orne de trois figures lithographiees. - Paris, Dondey-Dupre, 1826. In French. 40 pp, 3 lithographies, foldout sheet music. Two pages uncarefully cut, with small paperloss, however not affecting text. Publisher's printed wrappers. 140х215 мм. Translation from Russian to French by J. M. Chopin. According to Smirnov-Sokolsky ”The Fountain of Bakhchisaray” in Chopin's translation is now the rarest book among all lifetime Pushkiniana. (See. Smirnov-Sokolsky. Stories about books. P.316-320). Overall fine condition. Extremely rare.