| Author: | Нилус, Сергей (Russian, 1862–1929) |
| Place/Date: | Сергиев Посад, 1911 |
| Publisher/Printer: | Типография Св.-Тр. Сергиевой Лавры |
| Language: | Russian (pre-reform orthography) |
Title-page: ВЕЛИКОЕ ВЪ МАЛОМЪ. | Часть II. | ~~ | БЛИЗЪ ГРЯДУЩIЙ | АНТИХРИСТЪ | И | ЦАРСТВО ДIАВОЛА НА ЗЕМЛѢ. | ЗАПИСКИ ПРАВОСЛАВНАГО. | Сергѣй Нилусъ. | — | Сергiевъ Посадъ. | Типографiя Св.-Тр. Сергiевой Лавры. | 1911. ||
Normalized title: Нилус, Сергей. Великое в малом. Часть II. Близ грядущий Антихрист и царство диавола на земле. Записки православного. — Сергиев Посад: Типография Св.-Тр. Сергиевой Лавры, 1911.
Description: Hardcover, 222 × 155 mm. Publisher’s brown cloth, blind-ruled frames and corner ornaments to boards, front board lettered in gilt “ВЕЛИКОЕ ВЪ МАЛОМЪ”; patterned green Art Nouveau diaper endpapers. Library ink stamps of Αγιον Ορος (Holy Mountain, Mount Athos) and a red manuscript inscription (illegible) on title-page. Pagination: [4], [1], 2–205, [206] blank, [2] blanks, [2] advertisements (214 pp.). Collation in 8vo: π2 1–138 χ1 (107 leaves). On π2 — a full-page of typographic and emblematic compositions printed in black. At top, a radiant cross within a halo bearing the inscription: «СИМЪ ПОБѢДИШИ». Left and right: pentagram and hexagram devices respectively, each captioned «ПЕЧАТЬ АНТИХРІСТА». Center: the Whore of Babylon in a chariot driven by sphinxes, beneath the word: «АНТИХРІСТЬ». Lower section: symbolic devices incorporating Hebrew and Greek letters within geometrical forms. Flanking inscriptions: «БЕЗЗАКОНІЯ / TARO» (left) and «iNRi / ВЕЛIЯ ТАЙНА» (right).
Provenance: Library stamps of the Holy Mountain (Mount Athos): purple ink stamp reading «ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΝ» and «ΙΕΡΑ ΕΠΙΣΤΑΣΙΑ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΟΡΟΥ» (Holy Epistasia of Mount Athos).
Title in English: Nilus, Sergei. The Great in the Small. Part II. The Near-Approaching Antichrist and the Kingdom of the Devil on Earth. Notes of an Orthodox Christian. — Sergiev Posad: Printing House of the Holy Trinity–St. Sergius Lavra, 1911.
Note: This edition is among the earliest publications to contain the text known as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, an antisemitic political forgery first circulated in Russia in the early 20th century. The text was subsequently disseminated worldwide and used as propaganda to incite antisemitic persecution, including the genocide of Jews in Europe.
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Protocols of the elders of Zion |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book |
| Period | 20 AD , Early 20th century |
| Country | Russia , Russian Empire |
| Language | Pre-Reform Russian Orthography , Russian |
| Media/Technique | Letterpress printing , Paper |
| Subject | Anti-Judaism, Antisemitism, and Delegitimizing Israel , Antisemitism , Conspiracy Theories , Forgery , Genocide , History , Holocaust (Shoah) , Jews , Pogrom , Political forgery , Politics , Propaganda , Protocols of the Elders of Zion , Religion , Russia , Russian Empire , Russian Orthodox Church , Secret societies |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1911 |
| Edition | 1st edition, thus |
| Binding | Cloth , Hardcover , Original |
| Size | 8vo |
| Acquisition year | 2015 |
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