The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. First edition of this translation.

Shakespeare, William [The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]. Gamlet, Prints Datskii.  Translation [and preface] by A. Sokolovskii. Sankt-Peterburg, tip. V. Bezobrazova i K°, 1883.8vo, VI, 151 pp. In contemporary quarter leather. Gilt-lettered on spine.In good condition, head and foot of spine worn with some loss. First edition of this translation. This translation of 'Hamlet' was completed by the translator and publisher Aleksandr Sokolovskii (1837-1915). It is noteworthy that starting from the 1860s, he embarked on the translation of all of Shakespeare’s works, compiling them into a collection and publishing it in eight volumes (1894-1898). In recognition of these translations, Sokolovskii was awarded the Pushkin Prize in 1901, the most prestigious literary accolade in pre-revolutionary Russia. It's also worth mentioning that Sokolovskii’s translation of 'Romeo and Juliet' served as the textual basis for Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s planned opera, of which only a fifteen-minute overture-fa