The Hilandar Research Library recently acquired a copy of A History of Servia, and the Servian Revolution, from Original Mss. and Documents. London: John Murray, 1848. 8vo. xxiv, 477, [3] pp. Translated from the German of Leopold Ranke by Mrs. Alexander Kerr. Second edition.
An exquisite painting of “St. Paul’s cathedral viewed from the Thames, with a sailboat manned by two men in the foreground drifting by Blackfriars Bridge” is preserved on the volume’s fore-edge.
The book is bound in 19th-century gilt red morocco with a crowned double-headed eagle stamped on the front cover. There is an attempt to spell out in Cyrillic “Благоверны Кнезь Лазарь Србскый” followed by a date using Cyrillic letters and then “Бжѥю млтію.”
Purchase of this volume was made possible by a generous donation from Alex Machaskee.
Thanks to Eric J. Johnson, Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts, OSU Libraries, for bringing this volume to the attention of the Hilandar staff.
