Rare Editions of the 20th century: a View of Bibliophile
https://doi.org/10.25281/0869-608X-2017-66-3-293-297
Abstract
The analysis of the book by M.V. Seslavinsky “Russian Book Rarities of the 20th century: 333 Selected Books” (Moscow: Pashkov Dom, 2016. 381 p.) is presented in the context of a problem of allocation of rare books and book monuments as a special category of library collections. It is shown that M.V. Seslavinsky, basing on the best traditions of Russian bibliophile literature, suggests his own approach to the allocation of the book rarities, based on the combination of quantitative criteria and cultural significance, and also taking into consideration the interest to the edition in the modern antiquarian book market. Proposed by M.V. Seslavinsky list of book rarities, released mainly in the first third of the 20th century, reflects the system of values of the modern Russian bibliophile community, a prominent representative of which is the author of the reviewed book. The publication contains rich illustrative material and the author’s comments. The principles of the selection of rare books and the list of rarities by itself deserve special attention of experts working with book monuments, collectors and acquisitions librarians.
About the Author
Alexander Y. Samarin
Russian State Library
Russian Federation
3/5 Vozdvizhenka Str., Moscow, 119019
Russian Federation
3/5 Vozdvizhenka Str., Moscow, 119019
References
1. Ulyaninsky D.V. Sredi knig i ikh druzei [Among the Books and their Friends]. Moscow, 1903, [8], 138 p.
2. Markushevich A.I. O knizhnykh redkostyakh [About the Book Rarities], Al’manakh bibliofila [Bibliophile’s Almanac]. Moscow, Kniga Publ., 1973, issue 1, pp. 15—19.
3. Samarin A.Yu. Redkie knigi i knizhnye pamyatniki: smena orientirov [Rare Books and Book Monuments: the Change of Orientation], Aktual’nye problemy teorii i istorii bibliofil’stva: materialy XII Mezhdunarodnoi nauchnoi konferentsii [Proceedings of the 12th International Scientific Conference “Actual Problems of the Theory and History of Bibliophilia”]. St. Petersburg, Rossiiskoi Natsional’noi Biblioteki Publ., 2010, pp. 4—14.
4. Samarin A.Yu. O redkikh knigakh i knizhnykh pamyatnikakh [About the Rare Books and Book Monuments]. Moscow, Pashkov Dom Publ., 2014, 279 p.
5. Seslavinsky M.V. (ed.) M.S. Russkie knizhnye redkosti XX veka: 333 izbrannye knigi [M.S. Russian Book Rarities of the 20th Century: 333 Selected Books]. Moscow, Pashkov Dom Publ., 2016, 381 p.
6. Fursenko L.I. (ed.) Mikhail Seslavinskii — bibliofil i knigoved: bibliograficheskii ukazatel’ [Mikhail Seslavinsky — A Bibliophile and Bibliologist: Bibliographic Index]. Moscow, Pashkov Dom Publ., 2014, 123 p.
7. Samarin A.Yu. Bibliofil’skii vklad v nauku o knige [Bibliophilic Contribution to the Science of the Book], Bibliografiya [Bibliography], 2014, no. 1, pp. 134—139.
8. Malein A.I. Chto takoe knizhnaya redkost’? [What Is a Book Rarity?], Malein A.I., Fleer M.G. O redkoi knige [Malein A.I., Fleer M.G. About the Rare Book]. Moscow, Petrograd, Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel’stvo Publ., 1923, pp. 3—27.
9. Osnovnye napravleniya razvitiya deyatel’nosti po sokhraneniyu bibliotechnykh fondov v Rossiiskoi Federatsii na 2011—2020 gody [The Main Directions of Development of the Library Collections Preservation in the Russian Federation for 2011—2020], Informatsionnyi byulleten’ RBA [RLA Information Bulletin], 2012, no. 62, pp. 92—113.
10. Samarin A.Yu. Istoriya otdela redkikh knig GBL v svete reglamentiruyushchikh dokumentov (1920-e — seredina 1950-kh godov) [The History of the Department of Rare Books of the Lenin State Library in the Light of Regulatory Documents (The 1920s — Mid- 1950s)], Vivliofika: Istoriya knigi i izuchenie knizhnykh pamyatnikov [Vivliofika: The History of Book and the Study of Book Monuments]. Moscow, Pashkov Dom Publ., 2011, issue 2, pp. 10—36.
11. Lasunsky O.G. Udo Georgievich Ivask, Fedorovskie chteniya [The Fyodorov Readings], 1974, Moscow, Gosudarstvennaya Biblioteka SSSR im. V.I. Lenina Publ., 1976, pp. 101—109.
12. Samarin A.Yu. M.P. Keller — zaveduyushchii otdelom redkikh knig Biblioteki Rumyantsevskogo muzeya [M.P. Keller — The Head of the Department of Rare Books of the Library of the Rumyantsev Museum], Rumyantsevskie chteniya. Istoriko-kul’turnye traditsii i innovatsionnye preobrazovaniya Rossii. Prosvetitel’skaya otvetstvennost’ bibliotek: materialy mezhdunarodnoi nauchnoi konferentsii (21— 23 aprelya 2009 g.) [Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference “The Rumyantsev Readings. Historical and Cultural Traditions and Innovative Transformations of Russia. Educational Responsibility of Libraries” (April 21—23, 2009)]. Moscow, Pashkov Dom Publ., 2009, part 1, pp. 216—222.
Review
For citations:
Samarin A.Y. Rare Editions of the 20th century: a View of Bibliophile. Bibliotekovedenie [Russian Journal of Library Science]. 2017;66(3):293-297. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/0869-608X-2017-66-3-293-297
Views:
946
Email this article 