Church Slavonic, Glagolitic, and Petrine Civil Script Printed Books in The New York Public Library: A Preliminary Catalog

Described by Irina V. Pozdeeva; cataloged by Zora Z. Kipel. The New York Public Library holds one of the finest collections of old Cyrillic imprints in the United States; its holdings of Church Slavonic printed books from all periods is particularly outstanding. This catalog provides in-depth bibliographic descriptions of 91 printed books, including 10 imprints produced before 1600, 31 produced before 1700, and 71 produced before 1800. In addition to the descriptions in Russian prepared by Dr. Pozdeeva, one of the world's leading authorities on old Cyrillica, the volume includes for each item an RLIN cataloging record in English.