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The Publication of Sinologist A. Leont’ev ac Revieed in the Russische Bibliothek (St. Petersburg)
Walravens, Hartmut
Walravens, Hartmut
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Leont’ev (1716-1786) was one of the earliest Russian Sinologists who had studies at Peking, and at the same time a prolific translator from Chinese and Manchu; many of his workd were published. This articles Investigates whether these were recognized by the public. The author uses two approaches for this purpose: he checks whether the publications experienced more than one edition and whether they were translated into other languages-both are in fact the case. He further investigated whether these books were reviewed in Hartwig Bacmeister’s (1730-1806) famous Russische Bibliothek (17772/3-1787/9). The first Russian review organ and the basis for a prospective national bibliography. Bacmeister aimed at listing and reviewing all current Russian publications, a very difficult undertaking, considering the lack of infrastructure of the Russian book sector at the same time; but he achieved it to a large degree. Because of the enforcement of stricter censorship regulations, he had to give up the journal, despite his declared maxim to dispense with critical evaluations. The present article reproduces the full text of the review, identifies the orginals of the translations and adds comments when necessary. On account of the distribution and the reputation, one may safely assume that the reviews contributed substantially to the advertisement and dissemination of Leont’ev’s publications-in Russia and abroad as well.
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2018
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International Journal of Sino-Western Studies