The collection presents the main stages of the “bibliophile” work of Charles Nodier: 1812 is the first edition of the book “Questions of Literary Legality”, telling, in the words of the Russian critic O. Somov, "about the assignment of works, about the substitution of the name of the writer, about the insertion of other people's works, about fakes, consisting in the exact imitation of the syllable of famous writers" ; 1820s - articles (primarily reviews) in the periodical press ; 1829: Notes on a Small Library (a story about rare and curious books from his own collection) 1834 Founding with publisher and bookseller J. J. Teschen magazine Bulletin du Bibliophile and the publication of numerous bibliophile articles in it; finally, 1844 - posthumous publication of the story "Francisco Columna" . Translated from French by . E. Greenberg, M. A. Illhovsky, V. A. Milcina . Drafting, introductory article and notes B. A. Milcina . Translation of verse quotations, except as noted in the text, M. C. Greenberg .