Boris Godunov : opera v 4kh di︠e︡istvīi︠a︡kh s prologom / sochinenīe M.P. Musorgskago ; polnoe perelozhenīe (so vkli︠u︡chenīem st︠s︡en ne predpolagaemykh k postanovki︠e︡ na st︠s︡eni︠e︡) dli︠a︡ fortepʹi︠a︡no s pi︠e︡nīem.

Russian words only.
Libretto by the composer based on the play by Pushkin.
First performed in its entirety at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg on 8 February 1874.
Engraved.
First ed., 2nd issue.
The Library's is the only known engraved copy of this issue; a gold crown and the initials "AN" stamped in gold on p. [1] of cover and on the spine may indicate that it belonged to Tsar Alexander [Nikolaivich] II.
Many pages have numbers--some consecutive, some apparently random--in the bottom left or right corner of the plate.