Heraldry and Rare Book in 2 Volumes

The publication includes chosen works by P. A. Druzhinin in the field of heraldic study of book monuments. Based on the rigorous material, many years of rare books and private collections in repositories, the author systematizes heraldic sources deposited by vintage books as signs of noble ownership, reconstructs the history of their origin, existence and study, offers the methodology of their attribution, stops in detail on the question Falsification of heraldic sources. The consolidated catalog of Russian coat of arms on book bindings - the so-called heraldic superslibers - is the second volume of the publication and is a unique reference book on the history of Heraldry and the book gathering of pre-revolutionary Russia