O.M. Bodiansky’s Library Books in Russian Academy of Sciences Library Foreign Fund

Abstract

The article is devoted to 32 books owned by Osip Maksimovich Bodyansky (1808–1877) and compiled by his personal working library. Preliminary results of the research reflect the history of the books after his death and indicate the currently known locations of the books. Copies that previously belonged to the scholar were found and identified in the Funds of the Russian Academy of Sciences Library (hereinafter – RASL). The books are in good condition and have not undergone restoration. It allowed the researchers studying and understanding of the circumstances of the appearance of these publications in the RASL Funds. The marks such as the inscription on the flyleaf, carrying a lot of information about the time and place of purchase, receipts of the books made it possible to identify it as the scientist's possession. The authors analyzed the inscriptions and identified their common features. The authors make the conclusions about the time, place, and purpose of buying the books. The librarians give some examples of using the books. The annotated list of bibliographic descriptions of the books is published at the end of the article. The books from this list can be confidently attributed as the items from Osip M. Bodyansky’s library. All descriptions are provided with the owner’s inscriptions, which allows the reader to independently draw attention to the details of the texts. The article is a continuation of the common efforts to reconstruct the Bodyansky’s library, which are made by many employees of various Russian science and culture institutions.