Keepers of the book
Collectors
Collectors of rare editions, old prints and illustrated books of Ukrainian literature.
Sofiia Ivanenko
A collector of illustrated books and children's editions of the past. Her collection spans books with chromolithographs, board editions and primers, and she studies book illustration as an art.
Yurii Knyhar
A collector of maps, atlases and printed graphics in books. He gathers editions with engraved maps and city plans, and researches the history of cartographic printing.
Olena Marchenko
A collector of manuscripts and epistolary heritage. Her collection spans letters, diaries and handwritten notebooks of the 19th–20th centuries, and she researches hands and the history of private writing.
Taras Honcharenko
A collector of first editions of Ukrainian literature. He gathers lifetime books by writers bearing autographs and presentation inscriptions, and researches the history of Ukrainian publishing.
Bohdan Lystvenko
A collector of early printed books and rare editions. He gathers 17th–19th-century books and studies bindings, watermarks and owners' bookplates, championing the preservation of book heritage.
Collector news
An armorial with coloured arms acquired
A book of arms with hand-coloured shields has joined the collection.
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A lecture on map printing
Yurii Knyhar spoke on techniques of engraving maps and the development of printed cartography.
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An engraved map dated
By its engraving style and place-names, Yurii Knyhar has refined the dating of a map from an atlas.
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A gift edition with gilt tooling acquired
A festive edition in a binding with gilt tooling and coloured edges has joined the collection.
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Private collections
