A library with books in a bookcase, art on the walls, and various items on top of the bookcase. There is a dog on a rug. Beneath the image is the phrase A l'aventure tout vient a pointe qui sait attendre.
Autograph manuscript translation of documents relating to the Imperial Public Library of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Includes material concerning the establishment, reform, and finances of the library; and rules for the administration of the library. Ac...
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Marie-Félicité Brosset (1802-1880) was a French scholar of Armenian and Georgian languages and culture. He traveled to Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1837 and became a librarian at the Imperial Public Library, now the National Library of Russia, in 1842....
Subject (Geographic):
Russia (Federation), Saint Petersburg., and Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Subject (Name):
Brosset, Marie-Félicité, 1802-1880. and Imperatorskai︠a︡ publichnai︠a︡ biblīoteka (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Subject (Topic):
Administration, Librarians, Libraries, Library administration, and Public libraries
Depicts a pretty and elegantly attired young lady standing outside a circulating library. She faces right, turned towards the viewer, a parasol under her right arm and a book in her left hand. The windows of the library are filled with displays of boo...
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Title from item.
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Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett ... No. 53 Fleet Street ...
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Books, Window displays, Libraries, Umbrellas, and Clothing & dress
A red sun-like shape with a dial at the center and a fleur-de-lis on top is at the top center of this bookplate. A three-lined red square border surrounds this and the text beneath. This library was founded by Bern Dibner in 1941 and contains books on...
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Burndy Library, Dibner, Bern, b. 1897, and Yale School of Medicine
