Today in the CHA was called Fifth Antiquarian Book Fair, organized as a special section of the Fair of Intellectual Literature non /fiction № 11

Fifth Antiquarian Book Fair will be held at the Central House of Artists, from 2 to 6 December 2009, as a special section of the Fair of Intellectual Literature non /fiction № 11.

Book antique fair - an event that is intended to promote a secondhand market, issues of pricing and educate connoisseurs of antique books - unique pieces of art.

estimated by various experts, the turnover of Russia's secondhand market is estimated at 500 -700 million dollars a year. At an antique fair in the CHA will be presented unique monuments of Russia and foreign culture - historical works, lifetime editions of Russian classics, Russian avant-garde books and scientific literature. At the fair you can fill up his collection of rare and unique specimens, such as the illustrated "Royal Hunt" or the first editions with illustrations A. Rodchenko , E. Lisitsky and other Russian avant-garde artists.

Fifth Antiquarian Book Fair gives you a unique opportunity to see the best examples of old books, collected at one time in one place. Of the 69 best items to which participants paid attention to guests fairs in the top-10 included the following:

1. Ruban V. "Description of Imperial, stolichnago Moscow, containing: the title of the city gates, stone and wooden bridges, main streets and alleys, monasteries, churches, palaces, Prisutstvennyh and other state-owned places, the number of houses and apartments of the townsfolk, ranks, markets, factories, plants kladbisch, roads, outposts, the number of cab and the other ". Collected in 1775 and published in the light, for the pleasure of society, the publisher of The descriptions of St. Petersburg, CE. with. VG Ruban. Petersburg.: Printing with artillery and engineer Gentry Cadet Corps, the landlord printing Kleena JF, 1782. (Gallery Russian Avant-Garde 1910-30 period ») .

2. Snegirev M. "The Assumption Cathedral in Moscow." Moscow, 1856. (Folio) (Gallery Russian Avant-Garde 1910-30 period ») .

3. N. Lobachevsky "New Beginnings geometry with the complete theory of parallel. Kazan, 1835-1838. (Gallery Russian Avant-Garde 1910-30 period »).

4. Golodolinsky P. "History of the Third Dragunsky Sumy His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Denmark regiment. Moscow, 1902. (Gallery Russian Avant-Garde 1910-30 period ») .

5. The first publication of the young Pushkin's "To a friend the poet" in the magazine "Herald of Europe. 1814. (BC-Office).

6. Pushkin's Boris Godunov. " The first edition (BC-Office) .

7. Tolstoi's War and Peace ". The first edition (BC-Office) .

8. M. Tsvetaeva "Evening album. The first edition (BC-Office) .

9. Beketov P. Collection of portraits of Russian writers. (Golden Library) .

10. "Full and detailed instructions on preparing the entertainment of lights, fireworks, called in military preparations prisovokupleniem gunshot and incendiary things in favor of the Gunners, and lovers of this exercise, consisting of 5 parts of" St. Petersburg, 1824. (Second-hand bookseller in Sretenke, 9) .

4 December at 14.00 - 16.00 in the press center of the CHA held a round table "books, doomed to success ». It will be about lifetime editions of Russian classics, books with autographs, books, Russian avant-garde. Moderator: expert on Russian book XVIII - XIX centuries and foreign literature XVIII - XIX centuries, related to the history of Russia, Professor AA Vengerov

Source : a press release the company "Expo-Park»