„НЕБЕСНИ СВЕТИЛА“: Десет астрономически беседи в български Контекст през 1875 година
„The planetary and stellar worlds“: ten astronomical lectures in bulgarian context in 1875

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the historical circumstances of the translation, publication, and distribution in 1875 of the first book on astronomy in the Bulgarian cultural space. This is the popular science narrative of Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel „The planetary and stellar worlds: A popular exposition of the great discoveries and theories of modern astronomy in a series of ten lectures“. The mentioned work was first published in New York in 1848 and was translated into most European languages in the second half of the 19th century. The book was translated into Bulgarian in 1875 by the school professor of natural sciences Dimitar Vitanov, a graduate of physics and mathematics in Russia.The Bulgarian edition is analyzed as content and layout. It is proven that the book is at the height of the best printing practice at the time of publication. Moreover, it was printed in Vienna by the best Bulgarian publisher at the time, Hristo Danov. The data about the distribution of the publication show wide interest among Bulgarian readers.

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