Book "Poisoning. Historical and dogmatic research" was written by a Russian lawyer, professor at the Imperial University of Warsaw Vladimir Vladimirovich Esipov, the author of a number of valuable works on jurisprudence and forensics. The publication highlights the phenomenon of poisoning in the history of criminal law. The content of the book is divided into two large parts, the first of which deals with poisoning in the history of criminal law. This part refers to poisoning under Roman law, under canon law, poisoning in the history of German, French and English legislation, poisoning in the history of Slavic (Czech, Polish and southern Slavs) legislation. The final chapter of the first part, consisting of three departments, is devoted to poisoning in the history of Russian law.