[ILLUSTRATED RUSSIAN EROTICA 1859-1861] A.I. LEBEDEV ET. AL.

A convolute of 5 complete rare works of illustrated Russian Erotica, all under separate covers and with original front wrappers, bound-in contemporary cloth, 366 x 285 mm. Comprising: (a) 4 lithographs by 'P.P.' Sanktpeterburg, 1860. Complete, all published (b) [ALEXANDER IGNAT'EVICH LEBEDEV (1830-1898)], illustrated by (A. Lebedev). 5 lithographs. Sanktpeterburg, 1859. All published (c) [ANONONYMOUS ARTIST], Tetrad' 1. Sanktpeterburg, 1860. 6 lithographs. All published (d) ALEXANDER IGNAT'EVICH LEBEDEV (1830-1898), [Gone but dear creations], Saint Petersburg, 1860. 3 parts (of 6). Tetrad' 1,2,3 containing 30 plates of lithographes (e) ALEXANDER IGNAT'EVICH LEBEDEV (1830-1898), [Any form you take, you're beautiful to me]. Saint Petersburg, 1861. 8 plates of lithographs. All published M. Levitt and A. Toporkov, [Eros and Pornography in Russian Culture], Moscow: Ladomir, 1999, p. 340 (illustrated) [see scan from book below]