Author: Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bouyer de (French, 1657–1757)
Translator: Бутовский, Иван Григорьевич (Russian, 1784–1872+)
Censor: Тимковский, Иван Осипович (Russian, 1768–1837)
Librarian: Смирдин, Александр Филиппович (Russian, 1795–1857)
Title-page: РАЗГОВОРЫ | ВЪ ЦАРСТВѢ МЕРТВЫХЪ | ДРЕВНИХЪ И НОВѢЙШИХЪ | ЛИЦЪ. | Сочиненiе Фонтенеля, | Непремѣннаго Секретаря Французской | Академiи и Члена разныхъ Академiй и | Учtныхъ Обществъ. | — | Перевtлъ съ Французскаго | Иванъ Бутовски. | — | САНКТПЕТЕРБУРГЪ. | Печатано въ Военной Типографiи Главнаго Штаба | ЕГО ИМПЕРАТОРСКАГО ВЕЛИЧЕСТВА. | 1821.||
Place/Date: Санкт-Петербург / 1821.
Publisher: Военная типография Главного штаба Его Императорского Величества.
Language: Russian (pre-1918 orthography)
Pagination: [2 h.t./blank], [i–ix], x–xxiii, [xxiv blank], [1], 2–379, [380 blank]; 406 pages total.
Collation: π13 1–238 246; 203 leaves total.
Description:
Octavo. Contemporary quarter leather over marbled paper–covered boards, 242 × 140 mm. Spine with remnants of a printed paper title label, heavily abraded; leather extensively worn with surface loss, cracking, and fraying at head and tail; corners rounded and rubbed; board edges exposed. Marbled paper boards faded and stained. Plain endpapers; front pastedown with printed library subscription label “Изъ Библiотеки для чтенiя А. Смирдина” and shelf № 6384. Printed on wove paper; moderate toning and foxing throughout; occasional staining and marginal damp staining, more pronounced toward lower margins; deckled edges. Complete.
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Literature |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 19 AD , Early 19th century |
| Country | Russia , Russian Empire |
| Language | Pre-Reform Russian Orthography , Russian |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Subject | 18th century , Dialogues , Enlightenment (literature) , French literature , Literature , Moral , Philosophical literature , Satire , Translation into Russian , Translations from French |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1821 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Binding | Hardcover , Quarter calf |
| Size | 8vo |
| Location | Bookshelf 17.3. |
| Acquisition year | 2015 |
