Show Treasures of 01 History I in Moscow Library Is the Ibe former for tors Moscow's ma library I mer men now flOW renamed the Soviet Iet Lenin public library of ot the the union writes a correspondent of ot This Christian Science In Petro- Petro which was established grad In 18 1825 S and wd transferred to Mos Moscow Moscow Ios' Ios contained more than l t cow In 1102 2 before the World war wor Now ow this hus bas greatly In authorities themselves them creased 1 The he of oi tl the exact enact B selves are arl not certain e number er of ot hooks under r their charge II re no accurate count has lias been taken recently but It II Is estimates estimated that of ot books In the library li is the number n. n now well welt e s tI J v i n Ill AJ have lIa reached the time of ot 1100 There ore several causes for fur this In Increase rense In the number pr of ot books since of ot requisitioned requisitioned the tile revolution In The Tilt contents private libraries were turned over to time tIe A bibliophile would find Ond many treasures treasures treas treas- ures url's In the LenIn 1 library There are ninny many old oM prints both Russian and Slavonic the tile most ancient perhaps being the tile Gospel of ot Archangel which dates IRk hack to bOKi 3 This collection also Includes the well known Cracow edition of 1491 There are a number numbe rd r of ot medieval Greek Creek manuscripts an anthe and d the library boa boasts tr a u complete edition of the eris of lit the Italian philosopher philosopher pher oc Bruno There are man many y original Manuscripts of ot such nu Russian writers as ns Tolstoy Herzen Her Her- zen and sky Ostro |