Russian Soviet Illustrated Guide Book Putevoditel po Leningradu + Map, 1928

  
Putevoditel' po Leningradu s prilozheniem plana Leningrada: Illustratsii glavnykh pamiatnikov iskusstv, dostoprimechatel'nosti okrestnostei Leningrada [Guide to Leningrad with a Plan of the City: Illustrations of Major Monuments of Art and Sights of the Environs of Leningrad]. Title: Putevoditel' po Leningradu s prilozheniem plana Leningrada: Illustratsii glavnykh pamiatnikov iskusstv, dostoprimechatel'nosti okrestnostei Leningrada [Guide to Leningrad with a Plan of the City: Illustrations of Major Monuments of Art and Sights of the Environs of Leningrad] Publication: Leningrad: Orgotdel Leningradskogo Soveta, 1928. Description: 190 pages; 26 leaves of advertisements; with a large folding color map (70 x 44 cm). A copy with minor wear and light foxing; map with some splits along folds and small marginal losses; text block clean. The volume contains a detailed city guide with short essays on Leningrad's historical and architectural landmarks, museums, and cultural institutions, along with brief notices of the surrounding districts.

The accompanying folding color map was produced by the Organizational Department of the Leningrad Gubispolkom under the editorship of the City Museum. Rare Paper is a New York-based antiquarian bookseller specializing in rare and out-of-print Slavic and East European materials, with a particular focus on Russian and Ukrainian books.

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