Russian Fairy Tales (illustrated by Ivan Bilibin)

A richly illustrated collection of Russian folk tales: Tsar Saltan; Vasilisa the Beautiful; Maria Morevna; The Feather of Finist the Falcon; The Frog-Tsarevna; Schmat-Razum; Tsarevich Ivan, the Firebird and the Grey Wolf.

The illustrations included in this edition were created in the early 20th century by Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin - a famous Russian illustrator and stage designer, who was inspired by Slavic folklore throughout his career. He was a prominent figure in the artistic movement Mir Iskusstva and contributed to the Ballets Russes.

The tales were recorded by the renowned folklorist Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (1826 -1871), who collected and published more than 600 Russian folk tales in the middle 19th century.