St. Petersburg ordinary sellers, craftsmen and other common industrialists, depicted with a faithful brush in their real outfit and presented talking to each other, respectively, for each person and rank. Monthly publication for 1817. Nos. 1-12. St. Petersburg, in the printing house of V. Plavilshchikov, 1817. [Nos. 11 and 12 were published in 1818]. 187 p., 1 sheet. colored frontispiece, 40 sh. color illustrations, 1 sheet. - not dyed. There are 42 illustrations in total. In one pebbled binding. Binding in the style of tray copies mid-nineteenth century. Frontispiece - lithography, illustrations - engravings - etchings on copper, painted with watercolors at the same time. 25.9x20 cm. The publication was published in notebooks with the text of P.P. folk types. The first issue of Lantern was published in January 1817, and last number censored January 11, 1818. The subscription price without postage was set at 45 rubles on vellum paper, and 30 rubles on Lyubskaya! So copies differ in paper quality. Title and text in Russian, French and German. The edition is decorated with 42 pictures, of which 41 are engraved by etching on copper, almost without shadows, and one is "Shrovetide - folk holiday on Nevsky" is lithographed. There were also copies with black and white drawings. As N.V. Solovyov in his famous catalog 105: “Extremely rare edition, especially in the complete set (42 ill.) and looking good. In addition to 40 colored engravings, it contains an additional engraving of "Mountains" and the famous "Maslenitsa", the first Russian lithograph, as mentioned in the Preface to the publication. This sheet is almost always absent and is a great rarity. In fact, the first Russian lithograph "Riders" by A. Orlovsky appeared in March 1816. The purpose of the publication is stated in the Preface: “We confine ourselves to a characteristic description of the Russian simple people, in all their original simplicity of manners and the very dialect. In this edition, as if in a magic lantern, venerable readers will see skillfully engraved and painted figures of various people engaged in various trades in the city, presented in their real outfit, talking to each other, similar to their natural position. Their conversation will pleasantly occupy the idle hours of a person burdened with public affairs; and the image of faces will stop the eye of the curious, and give him pleasure to see good picture». Greatest antique book rarity especially the painted one!

Bibliographic sources:

1. Antiquarian book trade Solovieva N.V. Catalog No. 105, St. Petersburg, 1910, "Rare Books", Livres Rares, No. 363 ... 300 rubles!

2. Ostroglazov I.M. "Book Rarities". Moscow, "Russian Archive", 1891-92, No. 31

3. Gennady Gr. "Russian book rarities". Bibliographic list of Russians rare books. SPB., 1872, No. 239

4. N.B. "Russian book rarities". The experience of bibliographic description. Parts I-II. Moscow, 1902-03, No. 121

5. Obolyaninov N. “Catalogue of Russian illustrated publications. 1725-1860". SPb., 1914, No. 409

6. V.A. Vereshchagin "Russian illustrated editions of the XVIII and 19th century. (1720-1870)". bibliographic experience. SPB., 1898, No. 119

7. Vengerovs A.A. and S.A. "Bibliochronika", vol. I, Moscow, 2004, No. 29

8. Burtsev A.E. "Detailed bibliographic description rare and wonderful books. Volume I, St. Petersburg., 1901, No. 187

9. Materials for the bibliography of Russian illustrated editions. Editions one and four. SPB., 1908. No. 642

« magic lantern"(lat. Laterna magica; magic lantern, fantascope, skioptikon, lampascope, foggy pictures, etc.) - an apparatus for projecting images, probably invented in the middle of the 17th century by mathematics professor Athanasius Kircher and very common in the 17th-20th centuries, 19th century - in ubiquitous use. Until now, it is not known exactly who, exactly, invented the "Magic Lantern". Is milestone in the history of cinematography. The invention of the "magic lantern" is also attributed to the Dutch scientist Christian Huygens; Danish mathematician Thomas Walgensten first introduced the term Laterna magica and became the main popularizer of the device, traveling with shows around the cities of Europe. Initially, the magic lantern served to entertain princes and nobles. However, he soon became very popular among the common people. AT early period using a lantern, the organizers of the performances hid the lantern from the eyes of the audience. The images were projected onto puffs of smoke, walls or screens and had a small format due to weak light sources. Often the demonstrators used so-called "optical boxes" on wheels.

Their walls were made of transparent material on which pictures were shown. A small machine that shows in the dark on a white wall various ghosts and scary monsters; thus, one who does not know the secret thinks that it is done by magical art. By hiding the lantern and projecting images onto puffs of smoke, the demonstrators achieved the effect of the presence in a darkened hall of luminous phantasmagoria (from the Greek φάντασμα - a ghost and ἀγορεύω - I speak in public), which caused an attack of fear among the then spectators and gave the device the name "horror lantern". This was facilitated by the use of magic lanterns by the Jesuits for religious purposes, showing the believers the horrors of the underworld. Against this background, in January 1817, the magazine "Magic Lantern" appeared in St. Petersburg. Engraved pictures "projected" onto its pages depicted street scenes, in which peddlers, janitors, painters, water carriers, chimney sweeps participated ...

The so-called "shouts". Illuminated watercolor etchings accompanied signatures in Russian, French and German. As announced in the preface to the first issue, the publishers set themselves the task of providing a “characteristic description of Russian common people in all its original simplicity of manners and dialect itself. If for England, France or Germany genre albums at that time were no longer a rarity, then in Russia "Magic Lantern" became the first of its kind, and therefore is traditionally perceived as a kind of milestone in the history of Russian book printing. Despite the abundant literature devoted to the publication, with absolute certainty it is possible to name only the names of its printer - V.A. Plavilshchikov and the censor - I.O. Timkovsky. Also known is the author of the lithographed frontispiece of the first notebook "Russian Folk Festival near Nevsky" - a native Muscovite, a graduate of the Vienna Academy, renowned portrait painter, engraver and lithographer K. K. Gampeln. Being deaf and mute from birth, which is usually indicated in the signature (“Sourd-muet”), it was from 1817 that he began teaching drawing and engraving at the St. Petersburg School for the Deaf and Dumb. And although his lithograph, placed in the "Magic Lantern", is not at all "the first in Russia", as indicated in the preface, this does not reduce the value of "People's Holiday near Nevsky" - one of the early multi-figure genre Russian lithographs. As for the authorship of other images and texts to them, this issue still causes controversy among specialists. The authors of etchings are most often called A.G. Venetsianov and the much less eminent, but still later academician of painting, Captain Alekseevich Zelentsov, known for his imitation of Venetsianov.

Venetsianov, Alexei Gavrilovich (1780 - 1847). Painter, engraver and lithographer, master genre scenes, cartoonist, teacher. He did painting and drawing on his own. From 1807 he lived in St. Petersburg, studied with V.L. Borovikovsky. Honorary free member of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1810), since 1811 - academician. Member of the OPH, with the assistance of Prince. P.P. Vyazemsky started art school. From 1830, he was the court painter of Emperor Nicholas I. Art critics do not exclude that in this case the master and his follower were in the position of co-authors.

As far as the text is concerned, different time he was attributed to P.A. Vyazemsky, N.I. Grechu, F.N. Glinka, as well as a modest translator at the Imperial Free Economic Society, Pavel Ilyich Petrov. I.M. writes about this. Ostroglazov in his Book Rarities. So the "bundle" of Venetsianov - Vyazemsky is still preferable. "Magic Lantern" was published monthly with three images with texts in each notebook. Numbers 11 and 12 were slightly delayed and did not appear until January 1818. This publication ended its existence. Its complete set is rare in itself, and painted copies, as V.A. Vereshchagin, come across much less frequently and are valued much more expensively.

Magic Lantern, St. Petersburg magazines

1) magic lantern, or "the spectacle of St. Petersburg common sellers, craftsmen and other common industrialists, depicted with a faithful brush in their real outfit and presented talking to each other, according to each person and rank." Monthly publication for 1817. The same title in French and German. This magazine was published in St. Petersburg. P. Petrov in 4° and represents a curious phenomenon in the history of Russian illustrations. J. Langen translated from Russian. In its full annual copy, consisting of 12 numbers, there are 42 pictures of the above content; of which 41 engravings and 1 lithograph: "Folk Festival near Nevsky" - the first lithograph made in Russia, according to the publisher; 40 engravings colored. The drawings successfully convey modern folk costumes why the journal is of historical and ethnographic interest. The text, in 3 languages, is also not devoid of meaning.

2) Magic Lantern- a monthly magazine on all branches of general knowledge, also intended for public readings in public auditoriums, educational institutions and private homes with the adaptation of foggy paintings, visual experiments and demonstrations for all ages and classes "- published since July 1878 in St. Petersburg. MP Smirnov. When publishing there was a special department: "Children's Magic Lantern". A total of 2 issues were published in 4°, E. Belov, M. Bogdanov, A. I. Voeikov, K. N. Lisenko, G. Struve, and others published their articles.

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