The attribution and expertise of book monuments: based on the V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine Institute of Book Science experience

The results of research on the attribution and expertise of books and other types of printed monuments in the collections of the Book Science Institute of the V.I. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine are shown. The purpose, legal basis, and theoretical basis of the expertise of monuments in libraries, the principal stages of the expertise, the conduct of the expertise conclusion, as well as the particulars of the historical and cultural heritage state expertise, are discussed. Special attention is paid to the attribution of monuments (like early printed books or fake books), the way copies from historical gatherings are attributed, and the attribution of music editions, engraved portraits, and phonograph records. The issue of textological attribution is considered.

The scientific and scientific methodological advances, covered by this collective monograph, that can be used to study books, music, and works of art in libraries, museums, archives, antiquarian bookstores, and in bibliophilia.