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De Profundis.

1908ref. 6020First and only edition of this translation. First Russian edition of 'De Profundis' as a separate book. The first Russian translation of Wilde's 'De Profundis' appeared in 1905 which was the same year as the original text. It was translated by Ekaterina Andreeva who happened to be the second spouse of the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont. A portion of her translation was published in the symbolist magazine 'Vesy' #3 and it was followed by the release of a separate book. The following year an anonymous translation was released as the third volume of Wilde's complete works but it was based on Andreeva's translation which was edited for the publication. In 1908 there were two Russian translations of 'De Profundis' that came out: this edition and extracts in the magazine 'Vesy' by Wilde's foremost translator the journalist and secretary of 'Vesy' named Mikhail Likiardopulo who had familiarity with Alfred Douglas and Robert Ross separate edition appeared in 1909. It is possible that this translation was done by Princess Alexandra Obolenskaia in girlhood Apraksina; 1852–1943 who was a close friend of Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia and her children. Obolenskaia maintained a correspondence with Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia and other members of Romanov's family. After the Russian Revolution Obolenskaia left Russia and eventually passed away in Paris. Given the difficulty of obtaining 'De Profundis' during that time and the complexity of the text it is unlikely that the translation was made by someone else. It is also known that Obolenskaia prepared two more translations: 'The Garden of Allah' 1914 and 'Egypt and Its Monuments' 1909 both written by English journalist and novelist Robert Hichens. What's intriguing about 'De Profundis' is that the majority of its translations into Russian were done by female translators. These include Andreeva Obolenskaia Maria Simonovich Odessa 1909 and Rita Rait-Kovaleva who worked with her daughter Margarita 1976; first translation from the complete version issued in 1962. Roznatovskaia No 490. Rare edition. OCLC locates only one copy of this edition: in the Stanford University Library. Parovaia skoropechatnia M.M. Gutzatsa hardcover

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