Block A. Poems. The first book 1898 - 1904.

Block A. Poems. The first book 1898 - 1904.
Lifetime edition.

M. Musaget, 1916, 286 p. Softcover. The cover moves away from the block. 12 x 18.5 cm. SP

"Musaget" — Moscow publishing house of the symbolists existed in 1909-1917 years. Musaget published Russian and translated books, mainly poems by symbolist poets and criticism of philosophical and religious-mystical profiles.

Musaget was organized in 1909 by the music and literary critic E. K. Medtner. The name "Musaget" — in honor of Apollo — means "driver of the muses". E. K. Medtner explained the name as follows: "...1) to oppose the principle of harmonic apollonism prevailing in modern art; 2) to show that the publishing house accepts all nine muses, including the Muse of science, understood artistically as a cultural force...".

The founders and closest employees of the publishing house were poets Andrey Bely and Ellis, as well as writers and translators A. S. Petrovsky and M. I. Sizov. A. M. Kozhebatkin (1911-1912), then V. F. Akhramovich (1912-1913), and finally, from October 1913, N. P. Kiselev (later an outstanding book scholar) worked as the Secretary of Musaget. "Head of the commercial part" since 1914 was V. V. Pashukanis.

Musaget was not just a publishing house, but an ideological center, a circle of like-minded people who shared similar views. As Andrey Bely Wrote: "...in fact, Musaget is already a club where philosophers, artists, etc. come, that is, a place for tying new ideological knots, communication, plans, etc.". all Musaget's publications showed personal relationships and individual tastes not only of the authors, but also of all employees United by the idea of serving culture. They declared the fundamentally non-commercial nature of Musaget. A high culture of editorial preparation and quality of publication design was combined with dilettantism in the organization and conduct of business.

In 1912. Andrey Bely became a fanatical follower of the Anthroposophical teaching of Rudolf Steiner and tried to turn Musaget and the magazine Trudy I Dany published by Musaget into organs of this teaching. Nikolai Berdyaev wrote about the philosophical views of the musagetovites of that time ("Self-knowledge", Chapter 7): "...the most interesting was the Anthroposophical current. It attracted more cultured people. Viach. Ivanov was linked to the occult, and at one time, it had the effect of A. R. Monclova, emissary R. Steiner in Russia. Andrey Bely became an anthroposophist. The young people grouped around Musaget were all caught up in anthroposophy or other forms of occultism. They were looking for secret societies, initiates. They suspected each other of involvement in occult organizations, and there were occult hints in their conversations. They tried to discover occult knowledge, which in reality was not...".

An attempt to change the policy of "Musaget" caused a sharp rebuff from E. K. Medtner, which led to a break between him and A. Bely. Medtner wrote: ""Musaget" will forever remain on literary culture and will never be proselytizing body occultism; religion without culture is unthinkable, but to forcibly unite all the members of the "met here" in one religious community and a religious to preach the doing I never will".

The publishing house was located in Moscow at Prechistensky (Gogol) Boulevard building 31, which is preserved to this day.

During the years of its existence, Musaget has published 44 publications, including 14 translations, 6 of which, representing the books of thinkers of the past, formed the Orpheus series.

the average circulation of Musaget's publications is 1,460 copies. (201 copies) — minimum and 3000 copies. — maximum) with an average price of 1 p. 90 kopecks.

In 1929-1931, the work of the publishing house was resumed by its founder E. Metner in Switzerland. Under the logo of "met here" there was published the first translation into Russian language of selected works of K. G. Jung, the famous Swiss psychoanalyst, the founder of analytical psychology (K. G. Jung. Selected works on analytical psychology. Authorized publication under the General editorship of Emil Medtner. Psychological type. Translated By Sophia Lorie. Musaget Publishing House, 1929).