Russian Library Treasures

[Chistopher Barnes]

Dear Seelangs subscribers and colleagues,
Could I please draw your attention to a recent publication by Tatiana
Kostaki, edited by myself and published earlier last year, which could
be of value to you and/or your local, university and Slavic departmental

libraries. Attached is a condensed description of the book.
Thank you,
Christopher Barnes


RUSSIAN LIBRARY TREASURES
An Index of National and Academic Libraries
by TATIANA KOSTAKI
editor C.J. BARNES

Toronto, Russian Cultural Information Publications, 2000, 186 pp.

This bibliographic guidebook is the first work in English to describe
the wealth of books,  manuscripts and other documents accumulated
 and preserved in Russian libraries over the centuries.  It provides a
one-volume guide to the diverse collections of one hundred of Russia's
chief federal, republican, territorial and regional academic libraries,
with up-to-date information on their current directors, local and inter-

national activities, postal and e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and
URL, based on the most recent Russian sources.  It will be of vital
interest to all scholars in Slavic Studies.

SOME SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:

∙ Detailed accounts of special collections, rare books, and other unique

holdings in each institution. (Selected topics include collections of
Old Slavonic books  published in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, including
first books ever printed in Cyrillic; lifetime publications by Giordano
Bruno(18 out of 26); collections of books on Arctic exploration;
collect-
ions of Rossica, Sibirica, samizdat, underground publications, Masonic
literature, etc.)

∙ guide to the personal collections of well-known scholars, writers and
other celebrities now held in institutional libraries, e.g.,
collectionsof N.
Strakhov, friend and first bibliographer of Dostoevsky; of I. Shliapkin,

leading specialist on old Russian literature; of I.Turgenev, Rector of
Moscow University, and of his sons.

∙ listing of items bearing autographs, notes and comments by former
owners.

∙ collections of books in rare languages.

∙ complete index (more than 600 names) of national and international
celebrities and of many provincial scholars and collectors hitherto
largely neglected.

∙ appendixes including chronology of Russian rulers since the 10th
century, glossary of bibliographical terms, and other useful aids.




ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND EDITOR

TATIANA KOSTAKI is married to a nephew of the well-known collector and
bibliophile George Kostakis.  She worked for eighteen years as a
professional bibliographer in major libraries in Moscow - most notably
the Department
of Scientific Methodology in the former Lenin State Library. Since
emigrating to Canada she has worked for the Government of Ontario
teaching Russian,
which brought home to her the need for comprehensive information on
Russian
library holdings and prompted her to fill this gap.

CHRISTOPHER BARNES is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Slavic

Languages and Literatures in the University of Toronto, author of many
articles, translations, and monographs on the life and work of Boris
Pasternak.

"Working together, Tatiana Kostaki and Christopher Barnes have created a

unique book, providing an invaluable resource for both academic
libraries and students of Russian literature at all levels, and one that
will
considerably enrich English-speaking readers' perception of Russian
culture and the
value of Russian library holdings." This,  the only reference work of
its
kind, priced at US $ 40,  can be ordered via:

YANKEE BOOK PEDDLER INC.
999 Maple St., Contoocook, MH 03229, USA

or
JOHN COUTTS LIBRARY SERVICES LTD
6900 Kinsmen Court, P.O. Box 1000
Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, L2E 7E7

or, for faster service,
Fax your order to (416) 251-1817,
or e-mail: quest1 at interlog.com

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