Oblong 8vo, cloth binding with decorated green and violet floral bands; some fraying to boards. Salmon coloured endpapers. The original wrapper is bound in, illustrated with a pasted down lithograph of one of the toys, colored by hand with touches of gold. Fifty hand-colored tipped-in plates of the terra cotta toys: animal, bird, and human figures, made in this part of Russia in a folk art style and hand-painted in bright colors and gilt. The artist signs the first plate in blue ink. In his introduction, Denchine notes that he colored the plates by hand because conditions in Moscow prevented his printing in color, and therefore he was able to produce only 300 copies. The lithographic text is printed in sepia from his calligraphy. A captivating and uncommon work. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. Boy on a horse. 2. Lady wearing a yellow hat holds a baby, and a young boy is by her side, seen from the front. 3. Lady and child from the rear. 4. Lady holding an infant in a blue dress in front of her. 5. Lady wearing an orange hat is holding a young boy in front of her. 6. Lady in a pretty multi-coloured dress holds a tiny infant, dressed in emerald green. 7. Lady wearing a green hat holds a young girl with a child by her side. 8. Lady with a wooden yoke across her shoulders. 9. Lady dressed in a blue hat and an orange scarf etc. 10. Lady holding a small child, who is dressed in purple. 11. Lady wearing a bright yellow coat over a pretty multi-coloured dress. 12. Lady in a pretty dress of many colours holds a baby dressed in yellow. 13. Lady in a bright orange dress, holding a blue parasol. 14. Lady in a brightly coloured dress, from the rear. 15. Lady in a blue and maroon check pattern skirt, yellow hat, and pink scarf. 16. Younger girl in an emerald green dress and mauve shawl, holding a spotted dog. 17. Lady in an attractive, brightly coloured orange, blue, yellow, and green dress. 18. Lady as seen from the rear. 19. Sideways view of a lady in a green hat and mauve jacket. 20. Lady in a dress of yellow circles, brown and green, with a blue scarf and orange hat. 21. Small boy 'rides' a hobby horse or pony (green jacket). 22. As above (yellow jacket). 23. As above (orange jacket). 24. [Toy dog?] coloured in mauve, orange, blue and black. 25. Orange bird. 26. [Toy dog?] coloured in orange, blue, yellow, green, and black. 27. [Toy dog?] coloured in mauve, orange, gold, green and blue. 28. Three ducks? Coloured in gold, orange, yellow and green. 29. [Cow? Sheep?] coloured in green, mauve, blue, orange, and yellow. 30. [Cow? Sheep?] coloured in gold, orange, green, and mauve. 31. Horse or pony. 32. Lady with a mauve hat and in a green jacket. 33. Small boy on a brightly coloured hobby horse or pony. 34. Double-headed horse, or pony with blue ears, etc. 35. As above, with gold and green ears, etc. 36. Dog with large maroon ears? 37. Lady in a green dress, with gold on her sleeves and wearing a maroon hat. 38. Man, woman, dog in a small boat. 39. Small infant on a brightly spotted horse, as seen from the rear. 40. Black bear. 41. Man and woman in a small boat. 42. Double-headed horse, with blue and gold ears, as seen from the rear. 43. Man on a black and white sheep? (purple jacket) 44. As above. (orange jacket) 45. Reindeer? with yellow and gold antlers. 46. Boy on a yellow and black spotted horse. 47. Girl milking a black and orange-spotted cow. 48. Girl milking a black and pink spotted cow. 49. A couple stands together and embrace while a man sits down in a chair, holding a gift. 50. Lady in a pretty dress of yellow, black, orange, and green. 51. Four dogs, one yellow, the others black and white, a green lady, and a young boy in blue, wearing a yellow hat.