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For Immediate Release September 5, 2008 info@ rosspub.com Checklist of Visual Resources from Russia and Eastern Europe in The New York Public Library to be Published In the realm of Russian and East European visual resources, The New York Public Library has few peers outside of Russia. However, the rich holdings are spread throughout the Library and not easily accessible in toto. Fortunately, in the future access will be greatly facilitated by a new volume being issued by Ross Publishing, 250 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10107. The work describes nearly 900 heavily illustrated books, journals, posters, engravings and prints, as well as original works of art on paper, in the Library’s collections, principally from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. In the words of art historian John E. Bowlt, the “…books, albums, folios in The New York Public Library constitute a unique collection for the study of Russian art, architecture, the applied arts and material culture in the Western world." This new volume is the first attempt to analyze the Library's illustrated books and works on paper in detail. The Introduction explains the significance of the illustrated Russian book and situates New York Public Library's holdings in the context of other libraries with similar collections. A Preface by John Bowlt provides broader context. Visual Resources from Russia and Eastern Europe in The New York Public Library, A Checklist was compiled by Hee-Gwone Yoo, The New York Public Library, and edited by Kristen Regina, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, who also wrote the Introduction. Among the topics and subjects covered are art and archaeology, militaria, travel, ethnography, cartography, depictions of historic sites and book design. The work is enhanced by more than 120 color illustrations drawn from those items in the core list that can be found only in The New York Public Library. The utility of the Checklist is further enhanced by a series of seven appendices that list approximately 3,000 individual plates and images contained in a selected number of heavily illustrated reference books, such as Fedor Solntsev's Drevnosti rossiisskogo gosudarstva [Antiquities of the Russian State] (1849-1853) and Dmitrii Rovinskii's Materialy dlia russkoi ikonografii [Materials for Russian Iconography] (1884-1890), as well as several large groups of early Soviet posters, prints and broadsides and Constructivist book covers. In addition to the appendices the work also includes an exhaustive index by subject, title, publisher, date of publication and personal names to facilitate access to the various works. Each entry includes an English translation of the title and a bibliographic description. Titles originally in Cyrillic have been transliterated. The works cataloged are mostly found in the Slavic and Baltic Division. However, many other divisions of the Library are also represented. Hee-Gwone Yoo is a Librarian at The New York Public Library. Kristen Regina is the Chief Art Librarian of the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens Art Research Library in Washington, D.C. Professor John E. Bowlt is at the Institute of Modern Russian Culture, University of Southern California The book–the culmination of three years’ efforts by Mr. Yoo and Ms. Regina– is priced at $140, with a price of $125 until its scheduled publication on November 1, 2008. The present work is part of “The New York Public Library Slavic, Baltic, and Eurasian Resource Series,” from Ross Publishing LLC. __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]