Open AccessThe Merezhkovskys’ Paris library: Description of printed materials in Russian
Author(s) -
Оlga Blinova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
literaturnyj fakt
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2542-2421
pISSN - 2541-8297
DOI - 10.22455/2541-8297-2020-16-243-277
Subject(s) - order (exchange) , computer science , reading (process) , library science , biography , pencil (optics) , history , art history , linguistics , engineering , philosophy , mechanical engineering , finance , economics
The material provides a detailed description of 14 files correspondingto 14 titles of the Russian-language prints from Zinaida Gippius and Dmitry Merezhkovsky Paris library sold to the National Library of France (BnF) by Vladimir Zlobin. The description is an annex to the article “Zinaida Gippius reading works fromher Paris library” published in issue 14 of Literaturnyi Fakt (2019). All prints arepresented in alphabetical order. Each entry contains detailed bibliographic data supplemented by the book or magazine issue code in the BnF catalog, as well as the inventory number and the price from the inventory, which records the act of acquiringthe Merezhkovskys’ library by the BNF. In order to introduce Merezhkovskys' notesinto scientific circulation as fully as possible, the description systematically gives thepages and lines marked by the spouses and all the textual and non-textual annotationsof the owners. The graphic characteristics of the notes (color, means — ink, pencil,etc.) are also reproduced, making it possible to transmit Merezhkovskys’ multi-layernotes with great precision. The description is particularly useful for the study of Merezhkovskys' creative method and journalism, as well as for the biography reconstruction.