Leo Tolstoy. "Anna Karenina", 1878 Edition

The book is dated 1878, the year in which Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" first appeared as a complete separate edition. Before that, the novel had been published in instalments in the journal "The Russian Messenger" in 1875–1877.

Tolstoy conceived the novel in 1870, began work on it in February 1873 and completed it in April 1877. The novel consists of eight parts.

The copy is bound in leather and card. The title page bears the stamp "B.M.A.K.".