Kratkiy istoricheskiy ocherk imperatorskogo Tomskogo universiteta za 25 let yego sushchestvovaniya (1888-1913) [A brief historical sketch of the Imperial Tomsk University for 25 years of its existence (1888-1913)] [BOUND WITH:] Biblioteka Imperatorskogo Tomskogo universiteta, 1888-1913: kratkiy istoricheskiy ocherk biblioteki, sostavlennyy bibliotekarem A. I. Milyutinym [Library of the Imperial Tomsk University, 1888-1913: a short historical sketch of the library, compiled by the librarian A.I. Milyutin] [BOUND WITH:] Sistematicheskiy ukazatel' preparatov muzeya normal'noy anatomii v Tomskom universitete [A systematic index of the preparations of the Museum of Normal Anatomy in. Imperial Tomsk University]

3 RARE PAPERS ISSUED IN THE EARLY PROCEEDINGS OF THE IMPERIAL TOMSK UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING AN IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING MEMOIR ON THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

POPOV, M. F. Kratkiy istoricheskiy ocherk imperatorskogo Tomskogo universiteta za 25 let yego sushchestvovaniya (1888-1913) [A brief historical sketch of the Imperial Tomsk University for 25 years of its existence (1888-1913)]. Tomsk, Tipo-litografiya Sibirskogo tovarishchestva pechatnogo dela, 1913. 8vo, [2], 29, [1] pp.

[BOUND WITH:] MILYUTINYM, A. I. Biblioteka Imperatorskogo Tomskogo universiteta, 1888-1913: kratkiy istoricheskiy ocherk biblioteki, sostavlennyy bibliotekarem A. I. Milyutinym [Library of the Imperial Tomsk University, 1888-1913: a short historical sketch of the library, compiled by the librarian A.I. Milyutin] Tomsk, Tipografiya Gubernskogo Upravleniya, 1914. 8vo, 34 pp., with the original printed wrappers bound in. Cyrillic stamp on front wrapper and first page. The Scientific Library of Tomsk State University was one of the largest libraries not only in the region, but also in Russia. It was founded on August 14, 1880, and opened on September 20, 1888, simultaneously with the university. The founder of the library was Vasily Markovich Florinsky, an outstanding Russian doctor and writer, who was also one of the founding fathers of the University, which was the first in Siberia and the Far East. Florinsky was a trustee of the West Siberian educational district. The library was based on the private collections of G. A. Stroganov, V. A. Zhukovsky, S. M. Golitsin, A. V. Nikitenko, G. N. Potanin and others.

[BOUND WITH:] IOSIFOV G. M. Sistematicheskiy ukazatel' preparatov muzeya normal'noy anatomii v Tomskom universitete [A systematic index of the preparations of the Museum of Normal Anatomy in. Imperial Tomsk University] Tomsk, Tipo-litografiya Sibirskogo tovarishchestva pechatnogo dela, 1913. 8vo, [2], 56 pp., with 1 plate showing a photographic reproduction of an anatomical specimen.

Bound in contemp. quarter leather and marbled paper over boards, these 3 papers were issued in "Izvestiya Imperatorskogo Tomskogo universiteta", that is, the Proceedings of the Imperial Tomsk University. They are very rare and of great interest to the history of early university libraries and medical collections in Eastern Russia. Tomsk State University (TSU) is the largest classical university in the Asian part of Russia and the acknowledged centre of science, education, and innovation. It was founded by the decree of Emperor Alexander II as Imperial Tomsk University on the 28th of May, 1878.