On the Printing House that Printed Books for the Old Believers in Jassy and the Further Fate of Its Printing Facilities (Printing Offices of Grigory Potemkin, A. Prot Potocki, P. Seleznyov, K. Kolychov)

The article deals with insufficiently studied history of book printing in Jassy in the late 18th century, where as well as books for Old Believers were published. The printing houses of the Metropolis and Mihail Strilbițchi, as well as Prince Grigory Potemkin's field printing office were engaged in publishing activities during this period. The author provides information about the published books and the features of their design, allowing to attribute books to a particular printing house. Due to the involvement of documentary sources, the author recovers the history of the migration of Klintsy printing facilities during the Russian-Turkish War of 1787–1792 and after that, up to the second decade of the 19th century. The appendix to the article contains a description some Old Believer Alphabet books from the author's personal collection including Azbuka, issued by the printing house of Antoni "Prot" Potocki in Makhnivka as well as Azbuka published in A. Karthashov's printing house in Klintsy

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