The book is devoted to little-known pages of the history of the Silver Age of Russian culture: the activities of the first legally formalized bibliophile association of Russia - the Circle of lovers of Russian elegant publications and its permanent chairman V.A. Vereshchagin; life and work of bibliophiles and collectors: N.V. Solovyov, editor-publisher of the magazines "Antikvar" and "Russian bibliophile," P.P. Weiner, editor-publisher of the monthly "Old Years," N.N. Wrangel, an outstanding art critic of the early XX century; topics of these magazines, the activities of the Society for the Protection and Preservation of Monuments of Art and Antiquity in Russia. The book consists of four essays previously published. For this edition, they are supplemented and printed together for the first time. Of significant interest are applications - mainly unique publications and publications of the Silver Age. The book contains many rare illustrations provided by the author, who expresses gratitude to bibliophile Igor Valentinovich Bykov for disinterested help in their selection and acquisition of applications. For screensavers and endings to the sections, the works of W. Ivask, M. Dobuzhinsky, K. Somov, E. Lansere, L. Bakst were used.