A book review: Eliza Małek. Legenda ob astrologe Mustaeddyne Kshishtofa Dzerzheka v drevnerusskom perevode i ee pozdneyshie obrabotki (issledovanie i izdanie tekstov) [The legend about the astrologer Mustaeddin by Krzysztof Dzerzhek in the Old Russian translation and its later processing (res

The review considers the monograph of the famous Polish specialist in the history of Old Russian literature, Eliza Małek. The monograph is a study of the “The legend about the astrologer Mustaeddin by Krzysztof Dzerzhek in the Old Russian translation and its later processing (research and publication of texts)”. The relevance of investigating the text written in Poland in the 16th century is highlighted. Not only does the monograph trace the existence of the Legend in Russia in the 17th - 19th centuries, but it also describes all known editions of the 18th - 21st centuries. Of particular interest are the texts of the Legend presented in the monograph, and no less valuable is the analysis that was carried out.