-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Drawing Book of Siberia by Semen Remezov Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 13:04:36 +0300 From: Alexey Postnikov <[log in to unmask]> My dear friends, Historians of Cartography! I have a great pleasure to announce that at long last the famous Semen Remezov's Drawing Book of Siberia has been published as a full color facsimile edition by the Federal Service of Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, Russian State Library, and "Vozrozhdenie Tobol'ska" Foundation. It is a great pity that Professor Leonid Goldenberg has not lived to this happy day, the day which we dreamed about together and tried hard to make it a reality. Please, find below the full bibliographic data on this publication. "Chertezhnaya kniga Sibiri, sostavlennaya Tobol'skim synom Boyarskim Semenom Remezovym v 1701 godu: v 2-kh tomakh: Faksimil'noe izdanie" [Drawing Book of Siberia, compiled by boyar's son Semen Remezov in 1701: in two volumes: Facsimile edition]. Federal Service of Geodesy and Cartography of Russia, Russian State Library, and "Vozrozhdenie Tobol'ska" Foundation. Editors: A.A. Drazhnyuk, V.V. Fedorov, A.N. Krayukhin, A.V. Postnikov, V.F. Molchanov, N.E. Kotel'nikova, N.N. Polunkina, (Moscow: FGUP PKO "Kartografiya", 2003; printed in Italy (Verona) by "Grafica"). Volume I "Chertezhnaya kniga Sibiri, sostavlennaya Tobol'skim synom Boyarskim Semenom Remezovym v 1701 godu: v 2-kh tomakh: Faksimil'noe izdanie" [Drawing Book of Siberia, compiled by boyar's son Semen Remezov in 1701: Facsimile edition] (Atlas) (Moscow: FGUP PKO "Kartografiya", 2003; printed in Italy (Verona) by "Grafica"). 24 two sides' sheets; size: 48,5x34 cm. Volume II "Chertezhnaya kniga Sibiri, sostavlennaya Tobol'skim synom Boyarskim Semenom Remezovym v 1701 godu: v 2-kh tomakh: Issledovaniya" [Drawing Book of Siberia, compiled by boyar's son Semen Remezov in 1701: Research Papers and commentaries]. Authors of the research papers and commentaries are A.V. Postnikov, V.F. Molchanov, N.E. Kotel'nikova, L.N. Zinchuk, I.V. Levochkin, Zh.F. Ustimenko. (Moscow: FGUP PKO "Kartografiya", 2003; printed in Italy (Verona) by "Grafica"), 176 pages, size: 32,5x19,5 cm - ISBN 5 - 85120 - 188 - 6 (volume II). The general history of the "Book" and its place in the history of cartography studied in the paper, opening the second volume: A.V. Postnikov. Kartogarfirovanie Sibiri v XVII - nachale XVIII veka. Semen Ul'yanovich Remezov i ego rukopisnye atlasy [Mapping of Siberia in the seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Semen Ul'yanovich Remezov and his manuscript atlases]. "Chertezhnaya kniga Sibiri, sostavlennaya Tobol'skim synom Boyarskim Semenom Remezovym v 1701 godu: v 2-kh tomakh: Issledovaniya" [Drawing Book of Siberia, compiled by boyar's son Semen Remezov in 1701: Research Papers and commentaries]. (Moscow: FGUP PKO "Kartografiya", 2003; printed in Italy (Verona) by "Grafica"): 7-19. With best wishes, Alexey Postnikov (Professor, Doctor of Science) Corresponding Member of the International Academy of the History of Science (Paris) Corresponding Member of the European Academy of Sciences (Brussels) Deputy Director Institute of the History of Science and Technology Russian Academy of Sciences 1/5 Staropanskiy Street, Moscow 109012, Russia. Phone: (7-095)-925-70-03 (office) (7-095)-978-25-57 (home) Fax: (7-095)-925-99-11 E-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: http://www.ihst.ru/personal/apostnik/Apostnik_ind.htm