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Borisov, A. Samoyeds. From Pinega to the Kara sea. Travel essays.
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Borisov, A. Samoyeds. From Pinega to the Kara sea. Travel essays.
Travel essays by the artist Alexander Alekseevich Borisov. With an autobiographical note and 36 pictures from the author's paintings, of which 15 in colors. SPb.: Ed. A. F. Devrien, [1907]. 1 L. front., VI, 104 p., 36 l. Il. Encyclopedic size: 17 x 24.6 cm. In the publishing illustrated calico cover. In good condition. Worn flight and rare spots.
The book was written by the Russian artist Alexander Alekseevich Borisov (1866-1934) - the first painter of the Arctic, a researcher of the polar lands, on the impressions of his expedition to the island of Vaygach in 1897. The main task pursued by the author - to explore the East coast of New Earth and to attract the attention of society, to write a series of paintings and show the public the beauty of the mysterious polar world.
