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No.10
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Vladimir Buldakov |
Sarah Paine |
Panayot Karagyozov |
Levon Abrahamian |
Acquisition of Several Rare Materials by the University Library
The University Library purchased a small collection of
Russia-related materials, financed specially by the Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
The collection includes following items.
A large format atlas, chiefly consists of printed maps of
every province of Russia, compiled from 1770’s to 1790’s.
A collection of 95 plates from «Открываемая Россия, или, Собрание одежд
всех народов в Российской империи обретающихся», bound in 1
volume. These plates are also used for the German edition of the
exploration report by Johann Gottlied Georgi «Beschreibung aller
Nationen des Russischen Reiches...» published in St. Petersburg from
1776 to 1780.
2 editions of Sigmund von Herberstein’s famous and important work
«Rerum Moscovitiarum Commentarii». The one is 2nd Latin edition,
published in Basel, 1551, and the other is 4th German edition,
published in Frankfurt, 1576.
Klaploth, Julius von. Reise in den Kaukasus und nach Georgien
unternommen in den Jahren 1807 und 1808. 2 in 3 vols. (Halle ; Berlin,
1812-1814) .
The purchase was projected according to the recommendation of the SRC
and we are sure that these materials will serve as an organic part of
the Slavic collection at the University Library.
Library of Prof. G. Y. Shevelov
Prof. George Y. Shevelov died in April 12th in this year in New
York. At the time of his passing, he was 93 years old and we would like
to express our sincere grief over the sad news.
As we wrote earlier in this newsletter, his library is in
the process of being transferred to the Library of the SRC. Now we
would like to report that the final part of his library has already
shipped to Japan. Dr. Theodore Kostiuk, the heir of the late professor
and Prof. Miloslava Znayenko organized the last shipment. We are very
grateful for their cooperation in accomplishing the agreement between
the late professor and us. That part of his library is in the
storehouse
of our agent, and expected to be moved to the SRC Library in the next
year.
By Tonai Y.