People and books. Notes of the bibliophile

The author of the publication "people and books: notes of the bibliophile" in a lively form tells about fascinating bibliophile searches and interesting finds, with the help of substantial rare books of the past (mainly the XIX and first third of the 20th centuries) reports various events that left noticeable traces in the history of Russia the long historical period. The book contains works dedicated to Moscow. Among them: the Patriotic War of 1812, the preparation and opening of monuments A.S. Pushkin and N.V. Gogol in Moscow, cultural life in the pioneer capital on the eve of the First World War and so on. Attention is paid to the authors and heroes of these publications.
The reader will meet the names of the historiographer and bibliographer I.F. Tokmakova, doctor and philanthropist F.P. Gaaz, householders of old Moscow S.M. Lyubetskiy, I.A. Belousov and others.
individual publications are devoted to state and public organizations in Moscow in the field of art and culture. Among them: the library of the Moscow Main Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, the Old Moscow Commission, the Household Museum of the forties of the 19th century, the Moscow Communal Museum, art history centers of the capital of the 1920s (Moscow University and its ethnological and archaeological museum, the Institute of Archeology and Arts , State Academy of Arts).
The publication also presents articles about ancient guidebooks in the ancient capital, about the now forgotten magazine "Moscow" (1918-1922) A number of publications have significant bibliographic information. The book is well illustrated, contains information gleaned by the author in state archives and private collections. The publication is intended for historians, bibliophiles, local historians, museum workers, bibliographers and a wide cool readers who are interested in domestic history and culture