Sbornik starinno-russkikh, slavianskikh bukv, zastavits i kaemok dlia knigopechatnoi i perepletnago, gravirovalnago i vyshivnago diel

Collection History

The Library acquired the majority of the albums in this digital presentation during the early 1930s. Many were originally part of Romanov palace libraries nationalized by the Soviet government and sold abroad for hard currency.

Background

Subjects include Russian Orthodox churches, monasteries, and ecclesiastical art; views of cities, as well as small provincial towns; secular architecture; tsarist- and Soviet-era political exiles; and the diverse peoples of the Russian Empire. A number of albums include portraits of the Tsar or the imperial family; state occasions, military maneuvers, and relaxation at the imperial hunting lodge are all depicted. Represented as well are military operations, particularly during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Russian Revolutionary-era photos are extensive, ranging from the immediate aftermath of the February Revolution, to the Stalinist period.

Many of the imperial association albums-that is, those presented as gifts to the royal family-are of superior technical and artistic quality, and in several cases mounted in bindings that are themselves works of art, incorporating silver, wood, and other decorative elements.

Related Resources

Hee-Gwone Yoo."Holdings of rare photographs and plate books at the Slavic and Baltic Division of The New York Public Library." Rosia yongu (Russian Studies), vol. 12, no. 1 (2002): [323]-332.

Collection Data

Names
Dolmatov, K. (Konstantin) (Compiler)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1895
Place: S.P.B.
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: Slav. Reserve (Photo) 93-451
Topics
Lettering -- Specimens
Cyrillic alphabet -- Specimens
Book ornamentation -- Russia
Genres
Photographs
Photograph albums
Notes
Content: An album of Old Russian and Slavonic letters, headpieces and decorative borders for bookprinters, bookbinders, engravers, and embroidery. Ms. note on verso of cover: "Bibl. Imper. Aleks. III" (Library of Alexander III, emperor of Russia). List of subscribers to the album, in ms., [2] p., bound at end.
Statement of responsibility: sostavlen K.D. Dalmatovym.
Physical Description
Extent: 35 mounted photographs : sepia ; 33 cm.
Issued in box.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPX93-B413
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11661244
Barcode: 33433051596140
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dd602eb0-c6df-012f-4815-58d385a7bc34
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