Vasilisa Prekrasnai︠a︡ /
risunki I. I︠A︡. Bilibina.

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Description

Related Names

Afanasʹev, A. N. (Aleksandr Nikolaevich), 1826-1871.
Bilibin, Ivan I︠A︡kovlevich, 1876-1942, illustrator.

Language(s)

Russian

Published

[S.-Peterburg] : Izdanīe Ėkspedit︠s︡īi zagotovlenīi︠a︡ gosudarstvennykh bumag, [1902]

Subjects

Baba Yaga > Baba Yaga / (Legendary character)
Baba Yaga > Baba Yaga / (Legendary character) > Baba Yaga / (Legendary character) / Juvenile fiction.
Witches.
Tales.
Fairy tales.
Illustrated children's books > Illustrated children's books / Russia (Federation).
Children's literature, Russian.
Tales > Tales / Russia (Federation)
Fairy tales > Fairy tales / Russia (Federation).
Stepmothers > Stepmothers / Fiction.
Dolls > Dolls / Fiction.
Magic > Magic / Fiction.
Witches > Witches / Fiction.
Tales > Tales / Russia.
Witches > Witches / Juvenile fiction.
Russia (Federation)
Russia.
Juvenile works.
Fiction.

Summary

The old Russian tale of Vasilisa the Beautiful, who is thrown into the clutches of the witch Baba Yaga by her wicked stepmother and escapes by performing all the tasks she is assigned with the help of a tiny magical wooden doll given to her by her dying mother.

Note

Text within ornamental border; illuminated initials; head- and tail-pieces; ill. dated variously 1899-1900.
"Dozvoleno t︠s︡enzuroi︠u︡, S.-Peterburg, 3 Dekabri︠a︡ 1902 g."--Title page verso.
Text from A.N. Afanasʹev's: Narodnye russkie skazki.
Cover title.

Physical Description

12 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm

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