«ALMANACH ROYAL» IN THE M. S. VORONTSOV BOOK COLLECTION

«ALMANACH ROYAL» IN THE M. S. VORONTSOV BOOK COLLECTION

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During his staying inFranceas a commander of the Russian occupation army corps (1815–1818) M.S.Vorontsov, who came from the family of bibliophiles, was eager to complete his library with rare and valuable books.He managed to acquire a great number of rarities including a complete set of Prybar a popular year-book «Almanach royal» which nowadays is conserved in the Scientific Library of theOdessaNationalMechnikovUniversity.The article considers the peculiarities of the copies presented in the collection trying to establish the provenance of a number of volumes resulting Footwear from the study of different kinds of owners’ marks: readers/owners’ notes, armorial bookplates and handwritten ex-libris as well the most notable bindings of the collection.