On the distribution of early printed books published in Chişinău

The present article describes the spreading of printed books published from 1815 to 1830 in Chişinău. According to historical information, old books from the Chişinău printing-house were available in all localities of Eastern Moldova. But there are some suggestions that these books were also brought outside this area, both to the west and east, to places with the Romanian population. The books printed in Chişinău can be found in libraries of Russia, Ukraine, and Bulgaria. They traveled across all the territory of Romania, being found in churches, monasteries, libraries, and museums, especially in the area of Moldova. Further research in this area will allow a more complete study of typographic activity in Moldova of that period and reveal the contribution of Moldavian bishops to the distribution of church books.