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This is the first edition of the first comprehensive library classification system to be published in Russia, and the first Russian guide to bibliographic description and catalogue production, an important text from the early years of the Imperial Public Library (now the National Library of Russia) in St Petersburg. ‘The pre-eminence among the world’s libraries of the […]

1776 is famous as the year that America declared its independence (celebrated tomorrow, of course), but what else happened that year?  Here’s something: Catherine the Great’s son got married. This collection came in recently.  Printed at present-day Stargard Szczeciński (Poland), it’s an account of the celebrations given in the town to welcome Catherine’s son, Paul, […]