European books of the XVI century in A. M. Gorky Krasnoyarsk Central Municipal Library

Abstract

In accordance with the project «XII.187.1.3. Russian and West European Book of the XV-XIX centuries in the modern Siberia: preservation and study» SB RAS the author carried on a preliminary study of the collections of old-printed European books in two libraries of Krasnoyarsk: the State Universal Scientific Library of Krasnoyarsk Region and A. M. Gorky Central Municipal Library of Krasnoyarsk. The article shows that both libraries obtain European editions of the XVI- XVIII centuries. The author has made full scientific descriptions of the earliest books of XVI-XVII centuries, which original version after an appropriate revision will be published in the series «Materials to the united catalog of manuscripts, old printed books and rare books of Siberia and the Far East» published by SPSTL SB RAS. The article offers an overview of the most interesting specimens of old-printed European books found in Siberia.

Keywords

• european books of xvi-xvii centuries
• plutarch (πλούταρχος, circa 46 - ca. 127)
• jacques amyot (1513-1593)
• charles de l’écluse (1526-1609)
• simon goulart senlisien (1543-1628)
• guillaume de laimarie (1533-1598)
• frédéric morel le jeune (1558-1630)