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Botanicheskii institut im. V.L. Komarova RAN (BIN)


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Archives of Russia (2000), pp. 563-66; Arkhivy Rossii (1997), pp. 434-36; Biblioteki SPb (1993), p. 86; Biblioteki AN (1959), pp. 206-13; Muzei AN (1989), pp. 6-9; Muzei SPb (1994), p. 177.


There is no published guide to the archival holdings of the Institute. A number of important botanical works and several herbaria held by the Institute (including those of Marschall von Bieberstein, Trinius, and the Caucasian collection) have been reproduced in a special collection on IDC microfiche.
 

e-540. Shetler, Stanwyn G. The Komarov Botanical Institute: 250 Years of Russian Research. Washingon: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1967. xiv, 240 p. “Smithsonian publication.” (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

Includes brief mention of the library, but not the archival materials.

e-541. Imperatorskii S.-Peterburgskii Botanicheskii sad za 200 let ego sushchestvovaniia (1713–1913): Iubileinoe izdanie. Edited by A. Fischer de Waldheim. 3 vols. St. Petersburg: Tip. AO “Geral'd”, 1913–1915. (Lib: DLC).

A three-volume jubilee edition includes a historical survey of the Botanical Garden, museum, and biological laboratory from their foundation until 1913, and also biographical sketches of associated individuals. For the history of the library and description of its book and manuscript collections, see the article by G.A. Nadson (vol. 2, pp. 39–95, plates 5–34).

e-542. Ot Aptekarskogo ogoroda do Botanicheskogo instituta: Ocherki po istorii Botanicheskogo instituta AN SSSR. Edited by P.A. Baranov and E.G. Bobrov. Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1957. 308 p. [AN SSSR; BIN] (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

e-543. Kirpichnikov, Moisei Elevich; and Pankratova, Galina Nikolaevna. “Sokrovishcha botanicheskoi literatury: (Iz fondov Biblioteki Botanicheskogo instituta im. V.L. Komarova Rossiiskoi Akademii nauk).” In Tsentralizovannaia set' peterburgskikh akademicheskikh bibliotek: Stanovlenie i razvitie: Sbornik statei, pp. 57–70. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

Describes the holdings of the BIN library, including the collections of plant drawings.

e-544. Chernaia, T.A. “Katalogi biblioteki Botanicheskogo instituta im. V.L. Komarova RAN.” In Tsentralizovannaia set' Peterburgskikh akademicheskikh bibliotek: Stanovlenie i razvitie: Sbornik statei, edited by E.P. Efimov, L.M. Karamysheva, V.P. Leonov, et al, pp. 71–83. St. Petersburg: BAN, 1992. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

Describes the history of the organization and development of the library reference catalogues from their foundation to the present.

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e-545. Kriukova, E.F. “Knigi i neizdannye risunki Marii Sibilly Merian v Biblioteke Botanicheskogo instituta: (K 250-letiiu so dnia smerti).” In Sbornik statei i materialov Biblioteki AN SSSR po knigovedeniiu 2, pp. 183–92. Leningrad: “Nauka”, 1965–1973. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

Describes 18 drawings of plants and insects on parchment by the seventeenth-century Swiss artist Maria Sibylla Merian.

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