Book rarities of the XX century. New Book Projects Auction Sales Details

Original taken from aldusku in M.S. "Book rarities of the XX century: 333 selected books" (review experience)

Never wrote reviews and never described modern books, but in this case
I am overwhelmed with emotions (moreover, very pleasant :). Happy to introduce new book respected
bibliophile Mikhail Vadimovich Seslavinsky "Book rarities of the XX century:
333 selected books". What is the best place to start? Probably explain why
that when I heard about its release (it was announced on December 3, 2016 at the non/fiction fair), I dropped everything and rushed to Moscow.

On the importance of landmarks

Many people have been counting Russian bibliophilia since the publication of the work Grigory Gennadi(YY) "Russian book rarities" in 1872. Of course, collecting existed before, but it turned into collecting at the moment of creating at least some kind of qualification and defining landmarks (first of all, what is considered rare and valuable, a collector's dream).

Grigory Nikolaevich released a genie, from that moment there are eternal discussions about the concept of rarity and value, their relationship, booksellers of the past and present without fail put "Rare and Valuable Books" on any catalog. Any bibliophile is ready to throw his five kopecks into this endless discourse (some in the name of the higher: developing general criteria, and most subjectively describing their collections, becoming like booksellers, not skimping on the definition of "book rarity"). Of course, “rarity” and “value” are subjective concepts that depend on time and fashion. For example, at the beginning of the twentieth century, many books banned by censorship were recognized as unconditional gems of the collection, and after 1917 these publications were published in millions of copies, and mentioning them can only make us smile. Absolutely right said Rats M.V. that collecting any topic - you yourself will definitely make your list of desiderat after a while (I don’t remember verbatim, but the meaning is clear).

But collectors need catalogs of, shall we say, recognized rarities written in an attempt to be objective. For all the time there have been few of them: in addition to Gennady, we can name: N.B. [Berezin, N. I.] Russian book rarities (1902), possibly: Shibanov P.P. Our desertata (1927). Other wonderful catalogs are based either on a personal collection (for example: both brothers Ostroglazovs , Smirnov-Sokolsky N.P., Vengerov S. A. with his Bibliochronicle) or are thematic in nature (for example: 105 Solovyov's catalog devoted to illustrated editions, Dobrovolsky L. M.- forbidden publications, Bitovt - publications of the 18th century). And although contemporaries criticized some of the positions of N.B. or Gennady, and they make us smile, but we know these catalogs and are madly happy when we find a book from our collection in them (or use them as a guide when forming a collection).

The 20th century is the age of the dawn of bibliophilia, the age of mass books, the age of revolutions, wars and fires (the bitter components of rarity). He passed, and his book rarities were not formed and described. It always seemed to me to be a huge work, the author of which should be an authoritative bibliophile of our time. That is why, when I read that at the non/fiction fair, on December 3, M.V. Seslavinsky presented his book "Russian book rarities of the twentieth century: 333 selected books" I dropped everything and went to Moscow. For me, among my bibliophile contemporaries, there is no person more authoritative and devoted to antiquarian books than Mikhail Vadimovich.

Detective purchase history

A reliable person said that labor would be sold in a store at the RSL. Having overcome thousands of kilometers, and being in a store in Leninka building III, I heard from a nice woman named Tatyana that all 10 copies. The books that were handed over for sale were bought yesterday by a man. And that even she, Tatyana, did not have time to get it for herself. When she heard that I had come specially to purchase this book, she began to call various people from the Pashkov Dom publishing house, everything was refused (everything was sold). In the end, they gave me a piece of paper with the name of the fatherland and with the office phone number of the only employee of the publishing house, whom they could not get through to.

The last hope to acquire the cherished book today disappeared when I dialed the number at the checkpoint and heard that the person I needed was not there, and would not be. But suddenly I heard a voice behind me: “What question are you looking for me for?”. Turning around, I saw a nice woman, and blurted out in one gulp: “Natalya G...na, I’m a bibliophile, I came from the provinces to buy Seslavinsky’s book,” she frowned: “No, all copies are sold,” looking again at my upset face, added: - And you yourself? satisfied with one copy? - "Of course yes" - "Then give us 300 rubles and wait here."

And finally, the Book is in my hands. Thanks to the lovely ladies (especially to my wife, because on New Year's Eve and over 1000 km by car for the sake of a book ... not every wife of a bibliophile will be able to break loose)! For such a miracle only 300 rubles.?! it is clear why, they swept away the entire circulation, because just looking at how it was published, you understand its minimum price should be 800 rubles. By the way, even now it is already being sold on aliba, apparently by the same enterprising citizen who took a dozen copies. My opinion about such a “business smile” is sharply negative, because the price of the publishing house (just ridiculous) indicates the desire of the author (M.S.) to promote antiquarian books and bibliophilia, even without full compensation for their costs.

Appearance.

The appearance of the treasured acquisition fully corresponded to the content, a real bibliophile edition. Dimensions correspond to the volume of the publisher Academy. The cover uses a drawing from a destroyed edition. Marshak S.Ya. "Fairy tales. Songs. Riddles" 1935 with illustrations by V. Lebedev. What about paper? I immediately remembered my childhood, when my father brought stacks of purchased books and I, before flipping through them, opened and inhaled the aroma of paper. What lovely bookends. A well-made edition with a lovely lace.

The inner world of the publication.

The Magic of Numbers

Mikhail Vadimovich points out that the number of considered rarities is not accidental. “The beautiful number 333 we have chosen corresponds to the circulation of the cult bibliophile edition of “Treasured Tales” by A.M. Remizov, published in 1920 through the efforts of the Alkonost publishing house". But this is not entirely true, it is very, very difficult to fit into this number, and to the delight of the reader, numbers 71.1 appear (for example, Severyanin took 280-280.34). Thus, the composition of book rarities included 384 edition, not 333 .

Classification experience

The author has done a titanic job. The work includes diverse publications, the only thing that unites them is that they are truly universally recognized book values. In the foreword by M.S. refers to the category of book monuments of the XX century:

The first books of famous poets, published, as a rule, in circulation of 200-500 copies. We are talking, for example, about A. Akhmatova, B. Pasternak, V. Mayakovsky, O. Mandelstam, M. Tsvetaeva, N. Gumilyov, V. Nabokov, B. Livshits and others.

Rare books of the Russian avant-garde, including copies with the author's coloring.

Small-circulation bibliophile publications.

The most significant and rare children's books, including the works of O. Mandelstam, B. Pasternak, D. Kharms and others.

Forbidden and destroyed for ideological reasons, books of great cultural significance.

Rare interesting editions of the era civil war, Gulag.

Disappeared "in the reader's arms" editions of a number of works by Soviet authors.

A number of constructivist publications of the 1920s and 1930s.

Chronological framework

The chronological period of rarities is before the Great Patriotic War. An exception is made only for "the most literary of all our graphics", for editions with amazing illustrations Nikolai Vasilyevich Kuzmin(No. 183-187 M.S.): Gogol N.V. Diary of a Madman(No. 183 M.S.); Leskov N.S. Lefty, ed. 1961(No. 184.1 M.S. - by the way, this is my first book (this particular edition), which I read on my own as a child); Pushkin A.S. Count Nulin(185 M.S.); Pushkin A.S. Eugene Onegin, ed. 1975(No. 186 M.S.); Tynyanov Yu.N. Juvenile Vitushishnikov, ed. 1966(187 M.S.).

Regarding the chosen time period, he clearly expressed his position bibliophile and director of the State Public Historical Library ( gpib ) M.D. Afanasiev:

“The absence of post-war literature here<...>fits perfectly into the situation of today: there is still no cultural distance in relation to the new book, and its formal publication as “bibliophilic” or “rare” (for example, numbered copies) is violence against the bibliophile. When purchasing such a book today, the bibliophile is guided not by the modern value of the book, but takes it, as it were, "for the future." So let future bibliophiles, seeking to find it, include it in their list. I'm afraid that not all of today's "numbered" copies and small circulation books will be included in the future register.

Description of publications

Histories of publications, purely physically, could not fit in one book. Therefore, in addition to bibliographic data and information about auction sales (we will return to them below), there are only short remarks. But you can learn a lot of valuable things from them. For example, I did not know that in 2012, on the anniversary of President V.V. Putin D.A. Medvedev was presented with a publication Benois A.N. Tsarskoye Selo in the reign of Empress Elisaveta Petrovna, R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1910(No. 47 M.S.). This fact made this deluxe edition even more popular.

Some of the rarities we have already considered with you in the magazine: Khudekov S.N. Dance History, 1918(No. 313 M.S.); Ulyaninsky D.V. Among the books and their friends; 1903(No. 299 M.S.) - the entire work was published; Kutepov N.I. Royal hunting in Russia(No. 189 M.S.); artistic bindings and other mosaic works made by hand in the bookbinding workshop of A. Shnel (No. 326 M.S.) - we considered within the framework research about A.A. Schnel. And of course my favorite catalog of books of antiquarian book trade by Nikolai Vasilievich Solovyov. No. 105, 1910(No. 155 MS) I am sure we will return to the book rarities described by Mikhail Vadimovich more than once.

Information about auction sales

At the beginning of the XX Soloviev N.V. said that the true price of a book could only be determined by auctions. Huge work on the analysis of auction data has been done Larionova Ludmila Gennadievna, a rising star of bibliophile literature (I hope her chic work on P.P. Shibanov will be published soon). Amid fake exits, random price spikes, and other subjective factors, she adequately accounted for the sales of each title described. To estimate the amount of effort: “In 2015, about 60 major auctions took place in Moscow (not counting, say, dealer auctions of antique houses Gelos and Empire). Each of them played 300-500 lots. In total, according to the most approximate average estimates, there are about 25 thousand books.

By the way, indicating prices at the main sellers is a good tradition founded by N.B. Without this enormous work, the work would not have had such a fundamental character.

The book has the necessary reference apparatus: an index of names, titles and a list of references.

Conclusion

I have a shelf, I conditionally call it "Osnova" (I also have all the publications on it in electronic form, so that they are always at hand - on any device), here are Gennadi, Obolyaninov N.A., Senator Smirnov N. P. and many others. But a special place on it will be occupied by the work of Mikhail Vadimovich Seslavinsky “Book Rarities of the 20th Century: 333 Selected Books”, because he is our contemporary and managed to hear our thoughts and feelings, catch the wave. We live with him at the same time, in the era of Russian bibliophilia in the first quarter of the 21st century, and he managed to form our Our desiderata. Thank him for this!!!

P.S. !!! While I was swaying with my first review experience, a program dedicated to this book was released - on January 11, 2017 at 10.15 on the Kultura TV channel, the program "Observer" (project by Fyokla Tolstoy). Guests in the studio: Mikhail Vadimovich Seslavinsky; Director of the State Public Historical Library ( gpib ) Mikhail Dmitrievich Afanasiev; editor-in-chief of the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, chairman of the Union of Journalists of Moscow, bibliophile Pavel Nikolaevich Gusev.

For those who haven't seen it, I highly recommend watching: three great bibliophiles of our time. I give LINK

P.P.S. I will enter a label in my journal for the books listed in this wonderful catalogue.

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I have never written reviews and never described modern books at all, but in this case I am overwhelmed with emotions (moreover, very pleasant :). Happy to present a new book by a respected bibliophile Mikhail Vadimovich Seslavinsky "Book rarities of the XX century: 333 selected books". What is the best place to start? Probably explain the reason why when I heard about its release (it was announced on December 3, 2016 at the non/fiction fair), I dropped everything and rushed to Moscow.

On the importance of landmarks

Many people have been counting Russian bibliophilia since the publication of the work Grigory Gennadi(YY) "Russian book rarities" in 1872. Of course, collecting existed before, but it turned into collecting at the time of the creation of at least some kind of classification and definition of landmarks (first of all, what is considered rare and valuable is a collector's dream).

Grigory Nikolaevich released a genie, from that moment there are eternal discussions about the concept of "rarity" and "value", their relationship, booksellers of the past and present without fail put "Rare and Valuable Books" on any catalog. Every bibliophile is ready to throw his five cents into this endless discourse (some in the name of the higher, developing general criteria, and the majority describing their collections subjectively, becoming like booksellers, not skimping on the definition of "book rarity"). Of course, "rarity" and "value" are subjective concepts that depend on time and fashion. For example, at the beginning of the twentieth century, many books banned by censorship were recognized as unconditional gems of the collection, and after 1917 these publications were published in millions of copies, and mentioning them can only make us smile. Absolutely right said Rats M.V. that collecting any topic - you yourself will definitely make your own list of desiderat after a while (I don’t remember verbatim, but the meaning is clear).

But collectors need catalogs of, shall we say, recognized rarities written in an attempt to be objective. For all the time there have been few of them: in addition to Gennady, we can name: N.B. [Berezin, N. I.] Russian book rarities (1902), possibly: Shibanov P.P. Our desertata (1927). The rest of the wonderful catalogs are based either on a personal collection (for example: both brothers, Vengerov S. A. with his Bibliochrony) or are thematic in nature (for example: 105 Solovyov's catalog devoted to illustrated editions, Dobrovolsky L. M.- forbidden publications, Bitovt - publications of the 18th century). And although contemporaries criticized some of the positions of N.B. or Gennady, and they make us smile, but we know these catalogs and are madly happy when we find a book from our collection in them (or use them as a guide when forming a collection).

The 20th century is the age of the dawn of bibliophilia, the age of mass books, the age of revolutions, wars and fires (the bitter components of rarity). He passed, and his book rarities were not formed and described. It always seemed to me to be a huge work, the author of which should be an authoritative bibliophile of our time. That is why, when I read that at the non/fiction fair, on December 3, M.V. Seslavinsky presented his book "Russian book rarities of the twentieth century: 333 selected books" - threw everything and gathered in Moscow. For me, among my bibliophile contemporaries, there is no person more authoritative and devoted to antiquarian books than Mikhail Vadimovich.

Detective purchase history

Appearance.

The inner world of the publication.

The Magic of Numbers

Classification experience

The first books of famous poets, published, as a rule, in circulation of 200-500 copies. We are talking, for example, about A. Akhmatova, B. Pasternak, V. Mayakovsky, O. Mandelstam, M. Tsvetaeva, N. Gumilyov, V. Nabokov, B. Livshits and others.
Rare books of the Russian avant-garde, including copies with the author's coloring.
Small-circulation bibliophile publications.
The most significant and rare children's books, including the works of O. Mandelstam, B. Pasternak, D. Kharms and others.
Forbidden and destroyed for ideological reasons, books of great cultural significance.
Rare interesting editions of the era of the Civil War, the Gulag.
Disappeared "in the reader's arms" editions of a number of works by Soviet authors.
A number of constructivist publications from the 1920s–1930s.

Chronological framework

The chronological period of rarities - before the Great Patriotic War. An exception is made only for "the most literary of all our graphics", for editions with amazing illustrations Nikolai Vasilyevich Kuzmin(Nos. 183–187 M.S.): Gogol N.V. Diary of a Madman(No. 183 M.S.); Leskov N.S. Lefty, ed. 1961(No. 184.1 M.S. - by the way, this is my first book (this particular edition), which I read on my own as a child); Pushkin A.S. Count Nulin(No. 185 M.S.); Pushkin A.S. Eugene Onegin, ed. 1975(No. 186 M.S.); Tynyanov Yu.N. Juvenile Vitushishnikov, ed. 1966(No. 187 M.S.).

Regarding the chosen time period, he clearly expressed his position bibliophile and director of the State Public Historical Library ( gpib ) M.D. Afanasiev:

Description of publications

Histories of publications, purely physically, could not fit in one book. Therefore, in addition to bibliographic data and information about auction sales (we will return to them below), there are only short remarks. But from them you can learn a lot of valuable things. For example, I did not know that in 2012, on the anniversary of President V.V. Putin D.A. Medvedev was presented with a publication Benois A.N. Tsarskoye Selo in the reign of Empress Elisaveta Petrovna, R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1910(No. 47 M.S.). This fact made this deluxe edition even more popular.

We have already considered some of the rarities with you in the magazine: (No. 313 M.S.); (No. 299 M.S.) - the entire work was published; (No. 189 M.S.); art bindings and other mosaic works made by hand in the bookbinding workshop of A. Schnel (No. 326 M.S.) - we considered within. And of course, my beloved (No. 155 M.S.) I am sure that we will return to the book rarities described by Mikhail Vadimovich more than once.

Information about auction sales

By the way, indicating prices at the main sellers is a good tradition founded by N.B. Without this enormous work, the work would not have had such a fundamental character.

The book has the necessary reference apparatus: an index of names, titles and a list of references.

Conclusion

I have a shelf, I conditionally call it "Osnova" (I also have all the publications on it in electronic form, so that they would always be at hand - on any device), here are Gennadi, Obolyaninov N.A., Senator Smirnov N. P. and many others. But a special place on it will be occupied by the work of Mikhail Vadimovich Seslavinsky “Book Rarities of the 20th Century: 333 Selected Books”, because he is our contemporary and managed to hear our thoughts and feelings, catch the wave. We live with him at the same time, in the era of Russian bibliophilia in the first quarter of the 21st century, and he managed to form our Our desiderata. Thank him for this!!!

P.P.S. I will enter a label

There was such a common phrase in magazine publishing circles in Soviet times: "The editorial portfolio is full for a year (two, three ...) in advance." So my own editorial and publishing portfolio contains dozens of titles of future books and articles that I would like to write. In this regard, the well-known lines of Taras Shevchenko are recalled: “My thoughts, my thoughts, // I am famously with you!” Two conceived books are presented in this article not only as a detailed idea, but also as an invitation to joint creativity.

Both of these projects, as they say, lie on the surface, and it is surprising that they have not been implemented or discussed even just as an idea until now.

Russian book rarities of the 20th century

For many bibliophiles and connoisseurs, the reference book is the catalog “Russian book rarities. The experience of a bibliographic description of rare books indicating their value” by the famous bibliographer and second-hand book dealer Nikolai Ilyich Berezin (1866‒1938), better known as N.B., for it was with these initials that he indicated his authorship on the title page. The first part of the book was published in Moscow in 1902 and contains 691 titles of publications. Somewhat later, an addition was published in the form of the second part, which included 361 more positions. Total - 1052 rare books. Catalog "Dedicated to all lovers and collectors of rare books." In the preface N.I. Berezin explains that the purpose of his work is the desire to make the life of his colleagues more comfortable, who before that had to spend a lot of time trying to find the names of book rarities that interest them in antiquarian catalogs. This edition greatly facilitated this task, and the author focused specifically on the 19th century, emphasizing that he did not want to repeat the work already done by his predecessors - B.C. Sopikov, N.V. Guberti, I.M. Ostroglazov. Therefore, only the brightest and most famous editions were included in the catalog from among the books published before 1820.

Now, when more than 12 years have passed since the end of the previous century, it is quite possible, without haste and fuss, to ask the question of the relevance of creating a similar catalog of rare books of the twentieth century. This may be preceded by a discussion among experts on the subject of criteria for selecting specific publications. It seems that there should be only one compiler of the catalog, as it has always been in the history of Russian bibliography of rare books, but the discussion around the proposed editions can be open. In any case, some notes of the subjective bibliophile approach have a right to exist.

1. Books that were printed in a limited number of copies and did not go on sale.

2. Books that were destroyed for whatever reason.

3. Prints from magazines, mostly published in the amount of 100 copies.

4. Publications printed in a remote province.

5. Genealogies or genealogical studies, as intended for relatives and friends, published for the most part in a very small number of copies not for sale.

6. Folk and so-called "flying" publications printed for some event, for example, for wars: 1812, 1854, 1877, on the occasion of the royal visit, coronation and many other events 1 .

It must be said that this classification is mainly based on the circulation of publications received in distribution. At the same time, the catalog itself contains enough secondary books sold through stores and remaining in a small number of copies on sale. Paradoxically, of course, the absence of lifetime editions of A.S. Pushkin, despite the fact that his collected works of 1887, edited by P.O. Morozov is present in the first part of the catalog. He also sins with other features inherent in a rather short period of collecting interests in terms of time. First of all, we are talking about the wide inclusion in the list of rarities of prints and books of a historical nature, moreover, published in the last third of the 19th century. 2 . At the beginning of the 20th century, interest in various issues Russian history naturally allowed second-hand booksellers to consider these destinations as highly demanded.

And, of course, there are quite curious positions in the list, also for some reason beloved by domestic bibliophiles 3 .

Already in the 1920s, serious discussions flared up between scientists, book dealers and bibliophiles about what can be called a rare book and what is its cultural value and relevance. 4 . Without going into the theory and definitions of book rarities, we will express our point of view.

Even in relation to many indicated by N.B. rare books, the position of modern bibliophiles is very skeptical. Not notorious descriptions of dust microorganisms on the Volga steamships, coins of the Jochids, Doragands, Dzhelairids of the Tokhtamysh era, and not even the pedigrees of the Selifontovs and Molostvovs make their hearts beat faster. Give us all lifetime Gogol, Pushkin, Lermontov! We are ready to sob over the "Northern Flowers" and "Nevsky Almanac", and over many others not mentioned in the catalog of N.B. "Russian book rarities". Increasingly, the general cultural significance of a rare edition is becoming the main criterion influencing its demand and pricing.

And an endless series of historical works on narrow directions has long taken its rightful place on the shelves of state libraries, gradually disappearing from bibliophile collections. Information of a historical nature has become publicly available and does not have the effect of novelty that in the 19th century.

The combination of these two factors - rarity and cultural significance - becomes even more significant in relation to the books of the twentieth century. Small-circulation brochures by Russian historians from 1900 to 1990 are attractive to bibliophiles only in the case of extremely interesting factual material*. And in this context, we are no longer talking about small-circulation publications in the exact sciences and natural sciences. All of the above publications have very little chance of getting into the category of book monuments.

* Of course, various prints are present in the personal collections of bibliophiles and thematically complement certain sections. But it is difficult to meet a book collector who would bypass second-hand booksellers "in the hunt" for such rarities.

The main routes of book collecting bypass these peripheral areas.

In the most approximate outline, we will try to identify the main segments of book rarities of the twentieth century. At the same time, we emphasize once again that the quantitative criteria of N.I. Berezina is not accepted by us as a self-sufficient factor; to a greater extent, we are based on the classical definition of book monuments** 5 , although for some books, as for good wine, sufficient temporary aroma has not yet been accumulated. Therefore, for the time being, we are not so much skeptical about the publications of the 1980s and 1990s, but we imply the need for a longer temporary pause. We also cannot give numerous examples with bibliographic descriptions within the framework of this article, so we allow ourselves a more free style of presentation.

** The term "book monument" is synonymous with the traditional "rare book" and "valuable book" and has the following three meanings: 1) books published or preserved in a small number of copies; 2) books published or preserved in a small number of copies and outstanding in terms of their quality characteristics; 3) books that are outstanding in terms of their quality, regardless of the number of copies they exist (the term “valuable book” is also used to refer to the latter).

1. The first books of famous poets, published, as a rule, in circulations of 200-500 copies. We are talking, for example, about A.A. Akhmatova, B.L. Pasternak, V.V. Mayakovsky, O.E. Mandelstam, M.I. Tsvetaeva, N.S. Gumilyov, V.V. Nabokov, B.K. Livshits and others.

2. Rare books of the Russian avant-garde, including copies with the author's coloring***.

*** In general, the topic of author's coloring is an independent direction. We only note that it was in the 20th century that it was possible to more confidently isolate the segment of publications that were printed with the original idea of issuing a part of the circulation with the author's coloring. A vivid example is the booklets of the artel of artists "Today" from among 125 copies of each edition with such a coloring. They deserve, in our opinion, to be included in the list under discussion.

3. Small-circulation bibliophile editions of the 1910–20s. It is unlikely that publications with a circulation of 900‒2000 copies can get into this chapter, but such rarities as V.M. Konashevich, "Nevsky Prospekt" N.V. Gogol, “Fourteen Drawings of the Ukrainian Alphabet” by G.I. Narbuta, personalized colored copies of the books of the Akvilon publishing house, the complete “Le livre de la marquise”, “What is tobacco” by A.M. Remizova and others. 6 must be in it.

4. The most significant and rare children's books, including the works of O.E. Mandelstam, B.L. Pasternak, D. Kharms and others.

5. Rare small-circulation, provincial, confiscated newspapers and magazines that have made a significant contribution to the history of Russian periodicals.

6. Banned and destroyed for ideological reasons, books of great cultural significance. As an example, we will cite the completed Yu.P. Annenkov “Order R.V.S. Republic No. 279", the first and only volume of "Demons" by F.M. Dostoevsky and "Tales, Songs, Riddles" designed by V.V. Lebedev publishing house "Academia", etc. 7 At the same time, it is also obvious that the bulk of the various books and brochures that were withdrawn from sale and libraries, due to the presence of the names of “enemies of the people”, will not be included in our list.

7. Rare interesting publications of the era of the Civil War, the Gulag, some departmental and secret publications.

8. Literal editions for members of the Central Committee of the CPSU and high-ranking nomenclature workers, published in Soviet times by the Progress publishing house in small editions and actually do not appear even today on the antiquarian and second-hand book market 8 . However, this position seems to us to require additional discussion.

9. The first editions of the works of some Soviet authors (I.E. Babel, E.L. Schwartz, A.V. Vampilov, A. Platonov, I. Ilf and E. Petrov, M.A. Bulgakov) that disappeared in the "reader's embrace" ), about which one of the authors of this collection, I.Yu., writes in detail in his article. Okhlopkov.

10. A number of constructivist publications of the 1920s and 1930s.

The question remains whether our catalog should include books published in the Baltic countries in the 1920s and 30s, as well as, for example, the Berlin editions of Petropolis and some other publishers. However, there are many such questions. I would like for the organization effective work to conduct a unique experiment for the scientific and bibliophilic community: on one of the popular “book-oriented” sites, post a list of rare books prepared by us and organize a discussion of it among bibliophiles, bibliophiles and second-hand booksellers for several months with the possibility of suggesting new titles and positions.

Such work could be organized in next year, and the catalog itself will be released in 2015.

The third volume of "My Library" N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky

Looking through the auction and used catalogs, the inquisitive reader can easily find a note there: "Smirnov-Sokolsky does not have it." The same phrase is constantly heard in the conversations of bibliologists, second-hand booksellers and bibliophiles. Indeed, the legendary two-volume book 9, with all the variety of publications presented and seemingly even exhaustive completeness, has its own specifics, allowing you to think about creating its supplement.

At the same time, we recall that almost one and a half volumes are occupied by an annotated part, which is extremely in demand in the book community. Quotations from descriptions of specific publications are present in many bibliographic works, the same auction catalogs, and are simply reproduced in oral conversations of connoisseurs of the old book. 10 . Actually, these 2300 titles are the essence of N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky, they correspond to the vectors of his collecting activity. If we recall military maps with thick red arrows indicating the direction of the advances of armies, regiments and battalions, then these lines of the bibliophile course emerge from the annotated part of My Library: books of the 18th century, lifetime editions of Russian classics, almanacs and collections, bibliophile rarities, periodicals etc.

The second, unannotated part of the catalog includes about 2500 items. A significant place here is occupied by fiction, including the Silver Age and the Soviet period, criticism and literary criticism, books on art, theater and music history, and, of course, bibliography, which in essence should have been included in the annotated part of the catalog. But in general, the unannotated part of N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky does not claim to be exhaustive and it is quite obvious that it can be supplemented and expanded to infinity. Thus, it is unlikely that the third volume of the Smirnov-Sokolsky library can be built on the principle of supplementing this part of the book collection. Such work does not make sense and would be contrary to the essence and spirit of the book treasury of the great bibliophile. Well, really, does it really turn the tongue to say about any of the editions of the “Academia” or about the poetry collections of S.A. Yesenina, O.E. Mandelstam or V.V. Mayakovsky: "They were not in the library of Smirnov-Sokolsky"?

Therefore, the third volume should be formed from the descriptions of the books located on the “pillar road” of the annotated part of the two-volume book, albeit consisting of less significant paths and paths. Naturally, in the first place - from the books of the XIX century, and without going into the endless book field of fiction, children's books, historical and popular science publications of its last third. Exceptions may be special copies, bibliophile rarities and extremely curious publications that would not cut the eye on the shelves of the famous library. Of course, this is a somewhat subjective approach, but are there private book collections that are not created on such a platform?

Probably, single copies could penetrate into the third volume from the twentieth century, but only as an exception. Looking ahead, let us cite as an example the famous uncensored three-volume set of letters by V.G. Belinsky 11 , indicated even in the "Desiderata" by P.P. Shibanova 12 and absent from N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky.

Only a bibliophile has the right to form a third volume with such a concept. It is the private collection “Smirnov-Sokolsky does not have it”, compiled by the works of a book hunter one by one, in writings, in running around second-hand bookshops, in battles with competitors at auctions, found and acquired from personal collections or exchanged with passions and disputes from his colleagues, formed for many years, in a word, what you have suffered, can become an equivalent continuation of the legendary "My Library". In addition, such a collection, colored by the tastes of the owner, avoids discussions about why this or that edition did not get into the notorious third volume.

Secretly from second-hand booksellers and dealers, in order not to raise prices for such items, I began to form this part of my library about three or four years ago. Logic suggests that such secret work should have been continued and there is no need to reveal your plans to the bibliophile-secondhand public. But at the same time, she needs help in finding such publications. During the specified period of time, about 150–200 books were selected, and the rate understandable reasons slowed down. The book market is not endless, and financial resources do not allow it to be done with the ease that was inherent in the famous artist and founder of the Variety Theater. Finding and acquiring a book on this topic once a week is an almost unattainable dream. But for a full-fledged annotated third volume (there is no doubt that it should contain the same rich and interesting historical and literary references and bibliographic descriptions), at least about 500 books are required (50 books a year - ten years of searching!). Let us recall that 1388 publications are described in the first volume of My Library. True, the illustrative series is not as rich as it could be. I believe that, in accordance with the newly established traditions of publishing catalogs and descriptions of book collections from private collections, 500 titles named would be quite enough for a worthy preparation of the third volume of My Library 13 .

I want to make a reservation right away that the errors encountered in the nominal and thematic indexes of the two-volume book can also provoke individual bibliographic blunders in the new project. But where without them?

Now, having specified all the criteria for book additions, we can try to segment the publications that are not in the annotated part of the catalog of the Smirnov-Sokolsky library.

Let's start with real desiderata, which simply did not come into the view of the great collector. A striking example of such publications is "The Tale of the Adventure of the English Milord George and the Brandenburg Margravine Frederick Louise" by Matvey Komarov. The famous collection contained only the sixth edition of 1834. At the same time, N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky writes:

“All my efforts to obtain the first edition of the Tale, or any edition of the 18th century, have been in vain. Acquiring an edition even in 1834 was not an easy task at all. So few copies of them have survived" 14 .

At the same time, the collector considered it necessary, following the 1834 edition, to describe the Sytin edition of 1888 available in his library, although it would seem that such a “rarity” does not belong in the annotated part of the catalog.

Based on my collecting experience, I can say that in our days it is somewhat easier to meet The Tale of My Lord than in the blessed times of book abundance in the era of Smirnov-Sokolsky. I came across it in different editions, but three copies got into the library in terms of price-quality ratio. Moreover, two of them are the fourth edition of 1791 with a rich illustrative series.

Smirnov-Sokolsky described the well-known plot of the publication of the book and its further history, but for unknown reasons, the textbook quotation from the poem by N.A. Nekrasov "Who should live well in Russia":

Eh! eh! will the time come

When (come, welcome! ..)

Let the peasant understand

What is a portrait of a portrait,

What is a book a book?

When a man is not Blucher

And not my lord stupid -

Belinsky and Gogol

Will you carry it from the market?

By the way, in the unannotated part of the catalog we will find a description of "Military exploits and anecdotes of the Prussian General - Field Marshal and orders of various states of the Chevalier Blucher, taken from his own notes, from the time of the French Revolution", published in Moscow in 1813‒1814 with a portrait of G. .-B. Blucher engraved by A.P. Grachev 15 .

The compilers of My Library reproduced only the frontispiece with the portrait of my lord and the title page of the Moscow edition of 1834. It seems that the reader of the third volume will be very interested to see some other pictures (as Smirnov-Sokolsky noted, "roughly engraved") illustrating the content of the story.

So detailed story about one of the publications that were absent in the bibliophile collection under consideration, we will allow ourselves only once, and in the future, for the sake of economy, we will simply give examples of one or two books for each section.

Obviously, the early printed books were not the object of desire of the famous collector. Only two editions of the 17th century are described in My Library - Slavonic Grammar by Melety Smotrytsky of 1648 (apparently, Smirnov-Sokolsky was attracted by a wonderful provenance: "an excellent copy in red morocco of a later time, with a gold edge. From the collection of N. Yu. Ulyaninsky") and "Synopsis, or Brief collection from various chroniclers about the beginning of the Slavic-Russian people" of 1680 16 . Thus, early printed books cannot be an organic addition to the annotated part of My Library.

The situation with those published in the 19th century is seen somewhat differently. numerous descriptions of temples and monasteries. Some of them are present in the famous bibliophile collection. For example, the well-known publication “Historical notes and information about the Pokrovsky and St. Basil's Cathedral” by A.E. Belyankin 1847 or "Alphabet index of personal names, geographical names, monasteries, churches, cemeteries and various objects, in books 8‒13 "The Life and Works of M.P. Pogodin" mentioned "1899 17, etc. For obvious reasons (personal worldview and attitude towards the religion of the Soviet state), Smirnov-Sokolsky did not developed this theme in his book collection, although such publications are designed in the classical spirit of Russian books of the 19th century and, as a rule, are equipped with wonderful lithographs or engravings (often folding) with views of a particular monastery. It seems that they fit perfectly into the concept of the third volume of My Library. To date, our collection contains more than 30 such publications, for the description of which there should be a separate section.

A similar picture looks with publications dedicated to the Russian provinces. If Smirnov-Sokolsky had more than enough books about Moscow, its architectural monuments, life and customs of Muscovites, and there were classic books about St. Petersburg, then other books “about cities and towns” are virtually absent. Well, the great bibliophile did not really like the Russian province outside of the "journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow"! Meanwhile, there are many such books, and they have the same characteristic features as the publications described in the previous section. Well, why is any “Walk through the ancient Kolomna district with the application of lithographed drawings” by N.D. Ivanchina-Pisareva, printed in Moscow in the printing house of August Semyon in 1844?! The wonderful “Historical Review of Nizhny Novgorod and the Makariev Fair translated there” by Ivan Guryanov in 1824 or “A Trip to Yakutsk” by N.Shch. [Nikolay Shchukin] 1833 with the table "Images of animal trades"? eighteen

Continue this series of travel books, so popular with modern collectors. But N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky allowed them to his library only on a short closed list 19 , apparently, having once made such a decision. But after all, it is more than strange not to have in the library of the classical sense such textbook books as the two-volume Description of the Land of Kamchatka by S.P. Krasheninnikova

1755 or 1786 or "Journey to Persia" by G. Drouville in 1826 is a wonderful example of the work of artists and printers of the Pushkin era. And there are more than enough such wonderful books!

N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky editions of the 18th century also have thematic gaps. Apparently, the collector left these gaps quite deliberately, "being of sound mind and sober memory", concentrating on literary works. Although, if we talk about the fact that the classical library strives for the widest possible coverage of notebook book rarities, it is difficult to explain why the curiosity of “Description of a louse seen through a microscope” by F.V. Karzhavin of 1789 is worthy of a famous library, but the rare "Memoria, or Artillery Notes" by P. Saint-Remy of 1732‒1733, for which the font was specially cast, is not. Apparently, the collector avoided the “militarist” theme, limiting himself to some Peter the Great publications (“The Doctrine and Practice of Artillery” of 1711, the luxurious “Book of Mars” of 1713). This is also confirmed by the absence of, say, Sebastian de Vauban’s “Book on the Attack and Defense of Fortresses” of 1744, the rare “Military Regulations” (both 1719 and 1841) and other similar publications. Thus, there will be something to add to the third volume of My Library from among the rare books of the 18th century and publications devoted to the army theme of the first half of the 19th century. We know that among them there are also quite hard-to-find, well-illustrated publications. A small section of the most interesting books it is quite possible to form in the spirit of the Smirnov-Sokolsky library, avoiding the topic "History of the regiments" with pompous editions. And a number of other thematic publications of the 18th century will organically complement this section of the book collection.

The question of the possibility of the presence of various ceremonials of the first half and the middle of the 19th century as a small dome remains open. On the one hand, it is quite obvious that, for ideological reasons and formed book preferences, they did not fit into the library of the famous bibliophile. On the other hand, very informative texts, printed in a small number of copies and enclosed in specially made folders for noble people, are a logical section of any library of the classical sense, serving as its decoration.

Published in abundance in the first half and middle of the 19th century works of art and illustrated editions make it possible to find dozens of books that simply must be present in the collection of Smirnov-Sokolsky, but are not in the two-volume "My Library".

Everything connected with the name of A.S. Pushkin was carefully collected by Nikolai Pavlovich. This series includes late illustrated editions and albums of illustrations for classical works: an album of drawings by P.P. Sokolov to "Eugene Onegin", "Gavriiliada" with illustrations by S.V. Corn (1940), Brussels edition of "Petropolis" "Eugene Onegin" with illustrations by M.V. Dobuzhinsky, Akvilon's "The Miserly Knight" with his own drawings (1922), "Little Tragedies" with illustrations by V.A. Favorsky (1961), etc. But where are the many other publications? Without delving into the post-revolutionary period, it is natural to put in this series of Pushkinians a rare album by K. Schreider "Essays on Boris Godunov" (1842), "The Captain's Daughter" published by V.G. Gauthier with illustrations by the same P.P. Sokolov (1891). Or maybe numerous editions of "Eugene Onegin" from the unpretentious XIX century to more luxurious ones with illustrations by E.P. Samokish-Sudkovskaya?

Without citing the works of minor authors as examples, we note that among the books of 19th-century writers, extensively represented in the first volume of My Library, there are remarkable gaps that simply need to be filled. So, among the books of P.P. Svinin's famous five-volume "Sights of St. Petersburg and its environs" are missing; at I.A. Goncharov - the first editions of "Oblomov", "Cliff", "Pallada Frigate"; N.S. Leskov - "On knives", the first editions of "Trifles of Bishop's Life" (there is only the fourth edition of 1915); ON THE. Nekrasov - the first complete, albeit posthumous, infrequent edition of "Who Lives Well in Russia" (1880); many lifetime editions of I.S. Turgenev.

Of course, N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky, having bright literary predilections and interests, shaped the library, like all major bibliophiles, according to his personal taste, placing his own book milestones and laying his own routes. Now you can’t talk to a great scribe and ask why certain gaps exist in the library. And I would like to!

One of these questions should certainly concern the pillars of Russian literature - L.N. Tolstoy and F.M. Dostoevsky. The first is represented by "Military stories" (quite understandably - the first book!) And several collected works. The second - also with collections and a complete set of "The Writer's Diary". Let us leave rhetorical questions about the absence of famous first editions of classical works hanging in the air. It is quite obvious that they repeatedly came across to the great collector (I believe that including in excellent form and with autographs), but did not arouse his interest. Unlike, say, A.P. Chekhov, descriptions of the first three books of which and a number of collected works we will find in the same section “Books of the 19th century. Russian writers and scientists" of the first volume.

We note at the same time that to the collected works of N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky had an unconditional weakness and, apparently, sometimes considered it sufficient to put him on the shelf and, as they say, “close the topic” associated with this or that name, especially if the writer’s work was in the second half of the 19th century. A vivid example of this is P.I. Melnikov-Pechersky. The library had only Wolf's collection of his works of 1911 and a rare anonymous edition of the pro-government brochure "On Russian Truth and Polish Falsehood" of 1863 in a full-leather tray 20 .

On the whole, it is still not very clear whether such collected works were selected for reading at leisure or whether they filled the niches of the “obligatory” Russian classics, individual editions of which Smirnov-Sokolsky did not consider it necessary to put on the shelves of his library.

A touching theme with the section of fiction (and perhaps existing in itself) are dramatic works, not only plays, but also vaudevilles, as well as librettos of operas and operettas. The famous bibliophile had more than enough such publications; they are present in various sections of My Library. But, of course, far from complete. As an example, let us cite the resounding success and named P.N. Berkov "rare" 21 the original comedy "Lizonka" by the famous playwright and theater historian P.N. Arapova 1858, “Ivan Savelich. Moscow Joke-Vaudeville” F.A. Horses of 1835, “Katenka, or Seven woo one gets. Comedy-Vaudeville" in 1836, etc. At the same time, a number of other comedies by the same Arapov and his "Chronicle of the Russian Theater" were in the collection of Smirnov-Sokolsky.

Many children's books of the first half and middle of the 19th century remained outside the field of bibliophilic predilections. We know that the classic book collector turned his attention to children's almanacs and collections, as well as illustrated alphabets of this era. In addition, in his collection, of course, there were the first editions of P.P. Ershov, "Colorful Tales" by V.F. Odoevsky, various editions of fables by I.A. Krylov and some other classic books. But there was not much: from the rarest "Black Hen" by A. Pogorelsky to a whole set of other works that were then successful 22 .

Among the works of foreign authors of the 18th-19th centuries, we will find several books devoted to the theme of Freemasonry. Among them are "Divine and True Metaphysics" by D. Pordage of 1787 (copy of its publisher N.I. Novikov), "Mason without a Mask" by T. Wilson of 1784, "Apology, or Defense of the Order of Freemasons" by I.A. Stark of 1784, “The Voltairians, or the History of the Jacobins, Revealing All Against Christian Evils and Mysteries of the Masonic Lodges” by H. de Barruel of 1805‒1809, etc. But a large number of books on this topic are missing. Suffice it to say that in the alphabetical index of authors there is no name of Eckartshausen, whose works were published quite actively in Russia in the first third of the 19th century. Let us mention as an example the missing “Fragments from the Works of Mr. Eckartshausen” of 1803, a copy of which is in our library from the collection of S. Lifar with his signet-bookplate on the front flyleaf. Among such books there are noteworthy rarities, which include “Letters to a friend and testament to his son about the Order of St.<ободных>To<аменщиков>”, mentioned by N.B., I.M. Ostroglazov and G.N. Gennadi 23 .

We have already mentioned that the section of the bibliography located in the unannotated part of the catalog deserves to be included in its first part. Smirnov-Sokolsky had all the main "hits" of this section, which are obligatory for a serious library. But nevertheless, there is something to replenish this chapter of the bibliophile novel. Missing, for example, is the rare “Catalogue of Publications Stored in the Imperial Public Library, Printed in Civil Type under Peter the Great” by A.F. Bychkov 1867 24 , "The rarest books printed in Russia in Russian" S.R. Mintslov, 1904, (circulation of 100 copies) and a number of others.

In conclusion, let us also mention certain gaps in periodicals. Of course, we will not include in them the filings of the magazines Ogonyok, Rabotnitsa, or even Niva. But, for example, "Russian invalid" is present with a very detailed annotation, but only for the first year of publication (1813). Isn't the content of this famous weekly in the subsequent Pushkin era interesting? And why is the “Son of the Fatherland”, which contains many Pushkin's lifetime publications, completely absent? Swinging into another era, we find that in the selection of the magazine "Among Collectors" there are no, judging by the description in "My Library", all issues for the rarest 1921.

Thus, we have presented the possible content of the third volume with only the broadest strokes and single examples. Judging by the experience of past years, the pace of selection of material is such that the required number of books will be collected by 2020, which inspires optimism and life prospects. Having worked at an accelerated pace, you can get a chance to present the desired annotated catalog in 2019 at the Fifth Conference "Bibliophilia and Personal Collections". Thus, the baton leading to the boundaries of the life horizon is passed to all participants of the current conference. I am sure that the Pashkov Dom publishing house of the Russian State Library will be able to adequately implement this plan, repeating the aesthetics of the legendary green two-volume edition of My Library in dust jackets that we all remember.

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1 N.B. [N.I. Berezin]. Russian book rarities: bibliogr experience. descriptions of rare books with indication of their values. M.: Tsentrpoligraf, 2004. Part 1. S. 9.

2 See, for example: Ibid. Part 1. No. 193, 214, 320; Part 2. No. 52, 65, 210, 213, 236, 326 and more. others

3 See, for example: Gruzdev S.S. Microorganisms of dust on the Volga ships: bacterial. studies of Dr. med. S. Gruzdev, ord. Clinics prof. V.A. Manassein in St. Petersburg. SPb.: Type. P.P. Soykina, 1891; N.B. [N.I. Berezin]. Russian book rarities ... Part 2. No. 74.

4 See: Malein A.I., Fleur M.G. About a rare book. M.; Pg.: GIZ, 1923; Kufaev M.N. Problems of philosophy of the book. L.: The Beginnings of Knowledge, 1924; Shibanov P.P. Desiderata of a Russian bibliophile: the rarest books and their modern price: (to a report in the Russian Island of Friends of the Book, April 15, 1927) / [Akts. o-in "International book" ... Antique bookstore]. M.: 13th type. Mospoligraf "The Thought of a Printer", 1927.

5 See: Knigovedcheskoe annotation and systematization of book monuments: method. recommendations / Ros. state b-ka; comp.: L.I. Berdnikov, S.S. Ishkova, I.M. Polonskaya, I.Yu. Fomenko, E.I. Yatsunok. M.: RSL Publishing House, 1997. S. 3–4.

6 See about them in more detail: Seslavinsky M.V., Tarakanova O.L. Books for gourmets. S. 50, 5, 47, 18.

7 See for more details: Blum A.V. Forbidden Books of Russian Writers and Literary Critics, 1917‒1991: An Index of Soviet Censorship with Commentaries. St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg. state University of Culture and Arts, 2003, p. 127.

8 See for more details: Pankov Yu.V. Literature for special purposes // About books. 2011. No. 2. P. 66–77.

9 Smirnov-Sokolsky N.P. My library: Bibliographic descriptions: in 2 vols. M .: Kniga, 1969.

10 See, for example: Lavrov V.V. Book fever. Moscow, second half of the 20th century: printed treasures, bibliophiles, second-hand booksellers: a detective in faces, documents, memoirs and legends. M.: Prince. club 36.6, 2007. S. 106.

11 See: Belinsky V.G. Letters: in 3 volumes / ed. and note. E.A. Lyatsky. SPb.: Type. MM. Stasyulevich, 1914.

12 See: Shibanov P.P. Desiderata of a Russian bibliophile. No. 378.

13 As examples, we mention that in the book “The Aroma of Bookbinding: Domestic Individual Binding of the 19th–20th Centuries” (M., 2011), about 500 publications are described, in the album “Rendezvous: Russian Artists in French Book Publishing in the First Half of the 20th Century” (M. ., 2009) - more than 100 books, in the album "Garland of books and pictures: children's reading in pre-revolutionary Russia" (M., 2011) - 250 books, in the catalog "Lifetime publications of Russian writers of the XVIII - early XX century in the collection of Mikhail Petrovich Krasnov" (M., 2012) - 464 books, in the catalog "Books and manuscripts in the collection I.Yu. Okhlopkov" (M., 2009) - 278 books.

14 Smirnov-Sokolsky N.P. My library. T. 1. S. 88.

15 Ibid. T. 2. S. 341.

16 Ibid. T. 1. S. 17–18.

17 Ibid. T. 2. S. 332.

18 N.P. Smirnov-Sokolsky was only the book of N.S. Shchukin "Angara rapids: Siberian true story" (St. Petersburg, 1835). See: No. 1260.

19 As examples, we will name A.E. Martynov "A picturesque journey from Moscow to the Chinese border" (St. Petersburg: Type. A. Plushara, 1819). See: No. 4217 or: Kinneira J.-M. A topographical description of the route from Arzrum to Trebizond, with a historical and statistical survey of these important cities, as well as all the places lying between them, and their mutual distance between them / Ed. on the occasion of the conquest of the city of Arzrum by the victorious Russian troops. M. : Universitetsk. type., 1829. No. 3958.

20 Smirnov-Sokolsky N.P. My library. T. 1. S. 348–349.

21 Berkov P.N. History of Soviet Bibliophilia (1917‒1967). M.: Book, 1983. S. 98.

22 See, for example: Seslavinsky M.V. Garland of books and pictures: children's reading in pre-revolutionary Russia. T. 1. S. 19, 126, 130.

23 N.B. [N.I. Berezin]. Russian book rarities ... Ch. 1. No. 437; Ostroglazov I.M. Book rarities. SPb., 1892. No. 269; Gennadi G.N. Russian book rarities. SPb.: Type.A. Trench, 1872. S. 143.

24 N.B. [N.I. Berezin]. Russian book rarities ... Ch. 1. No. 86; Gennadi G.N. Russian book rarities. No. 213; Ostroglazov I.M. Book rarities. No. 143.

N.B.

Russian book rarities

Experience of bibliographic description of rare books indicating their value

Part II

Augustine, blessed. An abridged psalter with verses. P... A... Yaroslavl 1785. 4 o.

Rarity.
2. Agafi, A. Fables. Astrakhan. 1814. 4 o.

Rare as printed in the provinces and, moreover, in ancient times.

Shibanov No. 13-10 p. Shibanov No. 35-5 p.
3. Aglaya. 2 parts. M., 1794-1795.

The publisher of this rather rare literary collection was N.M. Karamzin, who placed here, among others, his works. In 1796, Aglaya came out in the second edition, also in two parts. Sopikov No. 5056 and 5057. Gennadi, Dictionary, vol. II. Berezin-Shiryaev, p. 291.

Gauthier No. 5644a (ed. 1st) - 2 p. 50 K. Gauthier No. 5644b. (ed. 2nd) - 2 p. Shibanov No. 37 (composite copy) - 3 p. Shibanov No. 72 (1st and 2nd ed., after) - 3 p.
4. Infernal mail, or correspondence of a crippled demon with a crooked one, for 1769. Published by F. Emin. SPb. 1769.

This very curious magazine, ridiculing various human weaknesses and vices, was published for only seven months (since July 1769). In 1788, this magazine was published in the second edition without division into months under the title "Courier from Hell with Letters. Op. F. Emin. St. Petersburg. 1788". (See Emin, F.). Rarely seen in perfect and clean condition.

Gauthier No. 1525 (incomplete) - 5 p. Gauthier No. 3649 a (6 months) - 15 rubles Gauthier No. 3649b (spec. Def.) - 5 rubles.
5. Akathist to the Intercession of the Most Holy Lady of Our Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary. Ruzaevka, Struyskoe identity, 1796.

The last work of the Ruzaev printing house, which appeared during the life of Struysky. Rare. Guberti, III, No. 172.

6. Alkaran about Mohammed or Turkish law. Translated from French into Russian. Printed by command of the Royal Majesty. SPb. 1716. In sheet.

Translated by I. Postnikov. Copies with a title page are the greatest rarity: there are no such copies in either the Academic or Public Libraries, and our well-known bibliographers Sopikov, Stroev, Pekarsky, Karataev and others have not even seen them. Bibliographic Notes of 1892, No. 1, p. 26-27; Berezin-Shiryaev, Review, p. 2. Sopikov No. 1926.

Klochkov No. 335 - 100 rubles
7. Alphabetical lists of all parts of the capital city of Moscow, houses and lands, as well as stone buildings, indicating in which quarter and on which street or lane they are located. M. 1818. In sheet.

Rare.

Shibanov No. 54-35 p.
8. Ambodik, Nestor Maksimovich. The art of weaving, or the science of womanhood, in six parts. In the city of St. Peter 1784-1786.

With engraved frontispiece, portrait of the author and 33 tables of drawings. According to Sopikov (No. 4671) it is listed as "rare". Valued up to 15 rubles.

9. Amphilochius, archim. Apocalypse of the 14th century corrected according to the Apocalypse corrected and written by St. Metropolitan Alexy, with a painting of St. John the Evangelist from Gr. New Head XII-XIII centuries And 20 paintings of the 17th century. From the obverse Apocalypse of the 18th century. my collection; with the application, when explaining the pictures, of the full text of the Apocalyptic, written by St. Metropolitan Alexy word for word and line for line. M. 1887. 4 o.

With colored drawings. Such copies are among the rarities, since only ten copies were printed.

Paradelov No. 5 - 25 rubles.
10. Aonides, or a collection of various new poems. 3 parts. M. 1796-1799. 12 o.

A rather rare collection published by N.M. Karamzin. Sopikov No. 1996. Berezin-Shiryaev, p. 403. Burtsev No. 50.

Gauthier No. 1254 (2 parts) - 2 p. 50 k. Shibanov No. 72 - 5 p.
11. Apostle. Printed at the Gaga in 1717.

In Church Slavonic. A rarity, since there was an order to destroy it. Bibliographic Notes of 1892 No. 5, p.6.

12. Home and travel pharmacy, revised for doctors along with complete list linen for households and travelers, as well as a table of income and expenses and a regular calendar. Original edition for thieves' reprinting with the seal of my name noticed. Leipzig at K.G.E. Aridta during fairs on the square in a shop close to the upper lantern on the middle main row. 16 o.

Without the year of printing (1816). Rare brochure. Gennady No. 223.

Gauthier No. 1510 - 20 p. Gauthier No. 3647 - 10 p. Shibanov No. 13 - 8 p. Shibanov No. 26 - 3 p. Solovyov No. 1 - 15 p.
13. Pharmacy home and road lekr. Reviews along with a complete list of lingerie and beneficiaries. All-day calendar, original edition. M. Birdy. 16 o.

With 4 writing boards. Thieves' reprint of the first quarter of the 19th century from the previous book. The book was published in Bordichev, slovenly, with a mass of misprints and grammatical errors.

Shibanov No. 13 - 8 p.
14. Arkadiev, E.I. Materials to the index of literature of military bibliography and library science. M. 1892.

Printed in the amount of 25 copies. Bibliographic Notes of 1892 No. 3.

15. Arkhangelsky, A.D. V. Grigorovich and Russian literature of the forties. Regarding the fifty-year activity of D.V. Grigorovich. (Historical information and dates), Kazan. 1894. 16 o.

Printed in 50 copies. Knigovedenie 1896 No. 4, p.160.

16. Babikov, K. From the cradle to the grave. Man and woman.

Great rarity. Valued up to 15 rubles. Burtsev No. 446/11.

17. Balkashin, N.N. About the Kyrgyz and generally about Muslims subject to Russia. SPb. 1887.

Printed in 50 copies. Bibliographer 1887, no. 6, p. 272.

18. Barsky, V.G. Journey through the Holy places, in Europe, Asia and Africa in 1723, 1717 Ed. 2nd. Klintsy 1788. In sheet.

A very rare edition, printed by schismatics and remarkable in that instead of foreign words placed in the St. Petersburg edition, gaps were left, probably due to lack of fonts. Printed in Rukavishnikov's printing house. Bibliographic Zap. 1859, p. 279.

Gauthier No. 531 - 20 p. Paradelov No. 10 - 25 rubles.
19. Bezgin, I.G. Prince Bekovich-Cherkassky expedition to Khiva and the embassies of the fleet of Lieutenant Kozhin and Murza Tevkelev to India to the great Mogul (1714-1717). Bibliographic monograph. SPb. 1891. 16 o.

Printed in a limited number of copies and never sold. Book Science 1894 No. 3, Art. Storozheva, p. 4.

20. Berg, F. Spectacles of the 17th century in Moscow. Feature article. SPb. 1886.

Printed in 50 copies. Bibliographer 1886. No. 12.

21. Berkh, V. Systematic lists of boyars, roundabout and duma nobles from 1468 until the destruction of these ranks. SPb. 1833.

The book is a rarity. Savelov, Pointer, No. 52.

Klochkov No. 207 - 5 p.
22. Bibikov. Notes on the life and service of Alexander Ilyich Bibikov. SPb. 1817.

With an engraved portrait of Bibikov by Utkin. Copies with portraits are rare.

Gauthier No. 26 - 3 p. Klochkov No. 3178 - 2 p. Solovyov No. 7 - 2 p. 50 k. Shibanov No. 43 - 3 p. Shibanov No. 68 - 3 p. Shibanov No. 106 - 3 p.
23. Scientific library: economic, moralizing, historical and entertaining for the benefit and pleasure of every rank of readers. 12 parts. Tobolsk. 1783-1794.

The publisher of this "Library" was P.P. Sumarokov, who previously published The Irtysh Turning into Hippocrene. Sumarokov intended to publish it in one year, one book per month, but the small number of subscribers (only 111) and other reasons prevented this, and the "Library" was issued to subscribers once every two months. Complete copies of the "Library" are very rare. A detailed bibliographic description of this "Library" was published by A.N. Neustroev in St. Petersburg. In 1884, in the amount of 150 copies that did not go on sale. Burtsev No. 106. Bibliographic Notes of 1802 No. 7, Appendix.

Shibanov No. 13 - 75 rubles. Shibanov No. 46 (part I) - 5 p. Gauthier No. 4317a - 65 rubles. Gauthier No. 4317b (broken, each part by) - 3 p. Shibanov No. 63 (8 parts) - 25 p.
24. Bible: printed in St. Petersburg in 1739. To a sheet.

Only 139 sheets were printed (according to the 19th verse of the 15th chapter of the 3rd book of Ezra). Further printing of this so-called "Anninsky" bible was stopped, and the printed sheets were destroyed for their incorrectness. Rare. Sopikov No. 111. Burtsev No. 107. Gennadi No. 10. Report of the Imperial. Public Library for 1867 Undolsky No. 1866.

25. Bilbasov, V. The first political letters of Catherine II. SPb. 1887.

Printed in the amount of 48 copies. Rarity.

Klochkov No. 335 - 15 p.
26. Bibliorum codex sinaiticus petropolitanus. Auspiciis Augustissimis Imperatoris Alexandri II. Ex tenebris protraxit in europam transtulit ad iuvandas atque illustrandas sacras litteras edidit C. Tischendorf. Petropoli MDCCCLXII. In four volumes. To a sheet.

Published by order of Emperor Alexander II in a small number of copies.

Klochkov, Bibliographer 1888, No. 3, p. 159 - 300 rubles.
27. Boalo, G. free translation of the fifth and seventh satire by G. Boalo. Kazan 1813.

Translated from French by A. Solovyov. As printed in the provinces, it is among the very rare brochures.

28. (Bogdanovich, I.F.) Dushin's adventures, a fairy tale in verse. Published by Mi. Ka. Book I. M. 1778.

This is the first, incomplete, edition of the famous Darling. In many ways different from the full edition: The publisher of the book was Count M. Kamensky. Very rare. Sopikov No. 3550. Gennady, p. 84. Book science, 1895 No. 4-5, art. Shchurov (all editions of "Darling" are described here).

29. (Bode-Kolychev, baron). Boyar family of the Kolychevs. M. 1886. 4 about

With genealogical tables. Printed in a limited number of copies not for sale.

Shibanov No. 47 - 20 p.
30. Bolkhovitinov, E.A. (Metropolitan Eugene). Historical, geographical and economic description of the Voronezh province. Voronezh 1800. 4 about

Pretty rare

Gauthier No. 36 - 8 p. Klochkov No. 319 - 10 p. Shibanov No. 63 - 12 p.
31. Bulgakovsky, D. Folk children's holiday in the estate of G.D. Naryshkin, new Zhagory, St. Petersburg. 1897.

This brochure is printed in 50 copies. Burtsev No. 997.

32. Bulygin, V. speech spoken at the solemn meeting of the Imperial Kazan University on January 17, 1822. Kazan 1822.

Printed in 30 copies. Book Science 1894 No. 2, Art. Likhachev.

33. Burachkov, N. General catalog of coins belonging to the Hellenic colonies. Odessa 1884.

With 32 coin tables. Rarity.

34. Burtsev, A. Catalog of Russian rare books collected by amateur A.B. SPb. 1895.

Contains a description of the rarest books in the library of A.A. Burtsev. The book was printed in the amount of 40 copies and did not go on sale. Burtsev No. 1240?8.

35. Burtsev, A. Russian book rarities. Bibliographic list of rare books. SPb.

No publication year. Printed in the amount of 50 copies not for sale. Burtsev No. 1240?7.

36. Burtsev, A. Tales, stories and legends of the peasants of the Northern Territory. SPb. 1897.

Printed on the cover of this book is "Printed in forty copies not for sale."

Klochkov No. 220 - 15 p. Klochkov No. 236 - 20 p.
37. Bykov, P. Bibliography of the works of Alexander Stepanovich Afanasiev-Chuzhbinsky (1838-1875). SPb. 1890.

Printed in a very limited number of copies and was not available for sale.

Klochkov No. 105 - 3 p.
38. Bychkov, F.A. Genealogical book of the family of princes and nobles Bychkov-Rostovsky. SPb. 1880. 4 o.

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