Characteristics and Existence of the Professor Dmitry Konstantinovich Bobylev's Personal Library

The article is devoted to the characterization of one of the personal collections preserved in the stock of the fundamental library of Perm State Humanitarian Pedagogical University (FL PSHPU) — the library of D.K. Bobylev. Dmitry Konstantinovich Bobylev (1842—1917) was a physicist, professor of mechanics at St. Petersburg University. His personal collection was acquired in 1917 for the library of the Perm branch of the Petrograd Imperial University. The article describes the history of the collection’s existence in Perm. The inventory of D.K. Bobylev’s library, which includes brief information about the received items, has been preserved in the archive of the FL PSHPU. It gives an idea of the type composition of the collection, which included reprints, convolutions, books and periodicals. There is no information about the number of copies received in the inventory, so the quantitative characteristic of the library is given in the article on the basis of the analysis of inventory books. It is noted that the collection was registered in parts, in the period from 1917 to 1918, 2601 copies of books and periodicals were registered. Some of the copies were accounted for many years after their arrival, and now their identification is possible only by the owner’s marks preserved on them. The article characterizes the content of D.K. Bobylev’s library, which reflects the owner’s interest in physical and mathematical sciences. The collection contains the works of many outstanding scientists who made a great contribution to the development of physical and mathematical sciences. The article tells about the most interesting copies identified to date in the collection of the FL PSHPU. There are preserved owner’s marks, as well as gift notes addressed to D.K. Bobylev on a significant part of the books and prints.