The collection presents the main stages of the "bibliophile" work of Charles Nodier: 1812 - the first edition of the book "Questions of Literary Legality", telling, in the words of the Russian critic O. Somov, "on the assignment of works, on the substitution of the name of the writer, on the insertion of other people's works, on 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. Techet magazine "Bulletin du bibliophile" and the publication in it of numerous bibliophile articles; finally, 1844 - posthumous publication of the story "Francisco Columna" . Translated from French by . E. Greenberg, W. A. Milcina . Drafting, introductory article and notes B. A. Milcina . Translation of verse quotations, except as noted in the text, M. C. Greenberg .