Peter P. Dubrovsky

Peter P. Dubrovsky
Unknown engraver - end of XVIII century. Portrait of P.P. Dubrovsky. Dotted line. 9x7.5 (oval); 14×11 (sheet). State Hermitage (inv. No. ERG-13264). The inscription on the oval: “Pierre Doubrowsky”[1]
Born(1754-12-09)December 9, 1754[2]
Kiev, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 9, 1816(1816-01-09) (aged 61)
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Burial placeSmolensky Cemetery, St. Petersburg
Occupation(s)paleographer, diplomat
Known formanuscript collector

Peter Petrovich Dubrovsky (Russian: Пётр Петрович Дубровский; December 9, 1754, in Kyiv – January 9, 1816, in Saint Petersburg), was a Russian bibliophile, diplomat, paleographer, secretary of the Russian Embassy in France, collector of manuscripts and books. Throughout his life he collected about 2000 manuscripts.[3] Between 1805 and 1812 he worked at the Imperial Public Library.

  1. ^ Schmidt, S.O. (2004). "To the Jubilee of P.P. Dubrovsky: Diplomat-collector in the content of development of culture and thought of the second half of XVIII- and beginning of XIX-centuries" (PDF). Археографический ежегодник: 272.
  2. ^ Schmidt, S.O. (2004). "To the Jubilee of P.P. Dubrovsky: Diplomat-collector in the content of development of culture and thought of the second half of XVIII- and beginning of XIX-centuries" (PDF). Археографический ежегодник: 277.
  3. ^ "РУНИЧЕСКИЕ КНИГИ ИЗ БИБЛИОТЕКИ АННЫ ЯРОСЛАВНЫ". Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2010.