Note (General)With reproductions of t.-p. of the 1st edition, 1813-21.
"Vtoroe izdanīe pechataetsi͡a pochti bez vsi͡akikh izmi͡enenīĭ teksta protiv pervago izdanīi͡a-s sokhranenīem ego svoeobraznoĭ oreografīi, plana i kolichestva chasteĭ; iskli͡ucheny tol'ko vsi͡e mnogochislennyi͡a vypiski, prevedennyi͡a Sopikovym iz raznykh knig ... i ispravleny ukazannyi͡a im opechatki; iskli͡ucheny takzhe zaglavīi͡a odnikh [!] i ti͡ekh zhe knig, povtori͡avshīi͡asi͡a ... pod raznymi alfavitami ... Nam v anachitel'noĭ mi͡eri͡e udalos' ... vpolni͡e ispravit' mnogīe netochnosti i oshibki ... a takzhe vozstanovit' i raskryt' imena i familīi mnogikh avtorov i perevodchikov takikh izdanīĭ, kotoryi͡a v trudi͡e Sopikova zaneseny byli anonimnymi."--p. iv-v.
Vol. 5 of the 1st edition was edited by V.G. Anastasevich and includes some works later than 1813.
"Tablit͡sa khronologicheskai͡a, pokazyvai͡ushchai͡a goroda, zamki, monastyri i proch., v koikh pervonachal'no zavedeny byli tipografīi, s pokazanīem samykh pervykh sochinenīĭ, v nikh napechatannykh": v. 1, p. xxiii-xxviii.
"Rospis' slavenskim knigam, raspolozhennai͡a po godam, ot nachala zavedenīi͡a tipografīĭ do os'magonadesi͡at' stoli͡etīi͡a": v. 1, p. xliv-lvi.
"Novai͡a biblīograficheskai͡a sistema": v. 1, p. lxiii-lxxvi.
Note (Bibliography)"Istochniki, sluzhashchīe k sochinenīi͡u rossīĭskoĭ biblīografīi": v. 1, p. xix.