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[ Collectors of old Moscow: Biographical dictionary]
Intr. by S.O. Shmidt
Moscow: Nezavisimaja Gazeta, 1997 527 p Serie: Entsiklopedii Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm ISBN: 586712035X Language: Russian
This is the first dictionary of collectors in Moscow from the second half of the 17th century to 1917. The book contains 100 biographical sketches of the most prominent collectors. Many of their collections became modern museums like the famous Tret`iakov gallery or Bakhrushin Theater Museum. Each entry has a bibliography. Name, subject, geographical, and location indices