Витязь в тигровой шкуре

The edition was published in 1941 by the State Publishing House of Artistic Literature, Moscow. With a portrait of the author and many individual illustrations by the artist Zichy. Publisher's leather binding, with relief and gilded profile of the author. The preservation of the rarity is satisfactory. The immortal poem "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" is the most significant monument of Georgian literature of the XII century. This is an enthusiastic hymn to free, earthly, pure and sublime love. The poet rejects love that is grossly sensual, carnally vile. The idea of admiration for a woman is clearly expressed in the poem, the possibility of moral and intellectual equality of a man and a woman is poetically substantiated. Translation by Shalva Nutsubizde.