Zaitsev, Boris Konstantinovich (1881 - 1972)	Zaria. [Berlin,] Petropolis, [1937.] [220 p.]	€250

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On half - title: Puteshestvie Glieba. I. Zaria. II.Iunost´. On front cover: Puteshestvie Glieba. I. Minor tear on front page, o/w very good condition. VERY RARE. 8vo, publisher´s covers designed by Nikolai Zaretskii. FIRST EDITION. 500 copies printed only. On the back of the title page: ' Ekzempliar No......' with a figure '2' in red ink. Nikolai Vasil´evich Zaretski, 1876 - 1959, a talented painter, designer, art critic and collector lived in Berlin between 1920 and 1931.Published a number of articles in 'Gebrauchsgraphic' and in 'Nakanune' newspaper. See: Hux, Ivo Schreiben im Exil : Boris K. Zajcev als Schriftsteller und Publizist Bern, New York, 1997 (Slavica Helvetica, 56); Russischer Dichter als Maler und Zeichner. Recklinghausen, 1960; Bio-Bibliograficheskii Slovar´Khudozhnikov Narodov SSR, Vol.4, pt.1, pp.219/220; Leikind, L.O., et al. Khudozhniki Russkogo Zarubezh´ia. 1917-1939 (1999)