Unknown inscriptions of Valery Bryusov in the State Public Library for History collection

Abstract

The article provides an overview of five inscriptions of V.Ya. Bryusov from the State Public Library for History collection. Four autographs (addressed to A.M. Dobrolyubov, I.A. Bunin, S.P. Bartenev, V.S. Teryan) were not published before. The inscriptions are informative and not typical for V.Ya. Bryusov, they clarify the details of the poet’s biography, give an idea of his relationships with the addressees, etc. In general, the autographs are a valuable source for the reconstruction of certain fragments of the history of Russian literature of the early 20th century.

Keywords

• v.ya. bryusov
• i.a. bunin
• inscriptions
• bibliophilism
• russian literature
• state public library for history