Rare 19th-century edition of the complete works of Turgenev on high-quality paper, in contrast to earlier editions, notably that of А.Ф. Маркс. Labeled as the "third edition." Features an engraved portrait of the author as a frontispiece and a facsimile of his handwriting.
Publisher's bindings in full red cloth, smooth spines adorned with black and gold typographic motifs, and boards framed with black fillets and floral patterns. The center of the boards features a vignette containing the author's monogram surrounded by an inlaid green vegetal motif. Edges are speckled.
Some volumes are slightly warped. Light water stains on the boards of volumes 1, 3, 9, and 10. A few hinges are cracked: the hinge of volume 6 has been repaired with gummed paper, while those of volumes 3 and 7 were also restored using white paper strips.
The paper is free of foxing, which is rare for an edition of this period. Exceptionally rare in publisher's binding and in this state of preservation. Many pre-revolutionary Russian books were destroyed during the Communist era, and their exportation from Russia is now prohibited.