A lot of three antique Russian books Complete Works by Vasily Zhukovsky in 12 volumes. Volume 1, 5, 9. Edited, with a biographical sketch and notes by Professor A. S. Arkhangelsky. St. Petersburg, Edition of A. F. Marx, 1902. Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky, 1783 to 1852, Russian poet, one of the founders of romanticism in Russian poetry. Author of elegies, messages, songs, romances, ballads, and epic works. Also known as a translator of poetry and prose, literary critic, and teacher. From 1817 to 1841 he was the Russian language teacher of the Grand Duchess and then Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and mentor of Tsarevich Alexander Nikolaevich. Author of the words of the national anthem of the Russian Empire God Save the Tsar 1833. Antiquarian Russian Books For Collectors.