Kratkiĭ uchebnik vseobshcheĭ istorīi
By: sochinenīe Dr. Georga Vebera professora i directora shkoly vʺ Geīdelʹbergi︠e︡ ; perevedeno sʺ ni︠e︡metskago podʺ redaktsīeĭ N. Sokolova (sʺ pi︠a︡togo izdanīi︠a︡)
Contributors: Sokolov, N.; Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 1845-1994, former owner; Anichkov dvoret︠s︡ (Saint Petersburg, Russia); Russian Imperial Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Vʺ Tipografīi V. Gracheva i komp.
Published: 1860
Language: rus
Number of pages: 609
Subjects: Textbooks; World history; T︠S︡arskoselʹskai︠a︡ dvort︠s︡ovai︠a︡ biblīoteka; Catalogs
Work titles: Weltgeschichte in übersichtlicher Darstellung
Notes: LC copy in red marbled-paper binding; red leather spine with title stamped in gold; red ribbon marker. Has Emperor Alexander III bookplate. Has blue ink stamp: Russian imperial crown above the stylized name Aleksandra. Shelf label appears to be identical to those from Anichkov palace: shkafʺ 16 (crossed out) 18, polka V, No. 16; penciled shelf marks. Has red penciled underlining and annotations throughout the text. The inside back cover has a pencil drawing, the plan of an estate or palace. Has Library of Congress accession number 409629 dated 1931.

LC copy had two sheets laid in: 1) a folded sheet handwriten in ink on both sides: Programma drevneĭ rimskoĭ istorīi, with a list of 15 topics; 2) a single sheet handwritten in pencil on both sides with heading: Vʺ Tsarskoe Selo, A[leksandr] A[leksandrovich]: a list of 27 books apparently sent to the Tsarskoe Selo library. Now housed next to the Weber book in a separate envelope.