“Thought After Thought”, an exquisitely designed diary published in Saint Petersburg in 1885.
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
Antique postcards by B. Zvorykin (1896)
Nizhny Novgorod during the flood in 1867.
Betancourt embankment, photo by M. Dmitriyev.
Editions of Ivan Krylov fables - cover (1895), title page (1878)
“Mushroom Picker” by D. Kaigorodov, 1891
Botanical Atlas by K. Hofmann, published in St Petersburg in 1897
Cat illustration from a Russian 1865 book
Cacti illustration from “Indoor Gardening” by M. Hesdoerfer. Published in St Petersburg in 1898.
Hans Christian Andersen books published in Russia in 1894-1895