E.L.Nemirovski
The First Slavonic Miniature Books
Moscow: Publishing group: Y.N.Kostyuk,
V.P.Lavrenko, 2000. -
66 pages, 64x90 mm, 8 color
ill., 8 black-and-white ill., Russian text,
49 signed and numbered copies, including
5 inscribed copies.
The book is printed on “TINTORETO
MELANGE” paper, has a green cloth binding with gold stamping on spine and
front cover.
It presents the research of the
Professor, Doctor of historical sciences Eugenie Lvovich Nemirovski about
the first miniature Slavonic books in Cyrillic type, printed in Venice.
These books, no larger than 100x100
mm are:
1. «Razlichniyi potrebiyi»,
1572;
2. «Prayer-book-digest»,
1597;
3. «The Alphabet (ABC-book)»,
1597.
In appendix the following materials
are presented:
1. Black-and-white snapshot with
the image SIMEON STOLPNIK from a microfilm, from a complete copy of the
book «Razlichniyi potrebiyi», 1572, from the library of University
of Leiden, Netherlands; two black-and-white snapshots of separate pages
made from a partial copy, available in the funds of the rare books department
of the Russian National Library (Saint-Petersburg).
2. Five black-and-white snapshots
of separate pages made from a partial copy of the book «Prayer-book-digest»,
1597, available in the funds of the rare books department of the Russian
National Library (Saint-Petersburg).
3. Eight color snapshots of pages
of the book «The Alphabet (ABC-book)», 1597, from the funds
of the National Library of city of Belgrade (Yugoslavia). |
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