Bucharest, Sept 16 /Agerpres/ – An exhibition called “Petar Beron. 200 years since the first edition of the Fish Primer,” the first primer in modern Bulgarian, printed in Brasov in 1824, will open on Tuesday, September 17, at 18:00hrs, in the Glass Dome of the Romanian Academy Library.

The event will take place in the presence of President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Julian Revalski, accompanied by a delegation of over 20 academicians, people of science and culture from Bulgaria on an official visit to the Romanian Academy.  Attending on behalf of the Romanian Academy is Academy Vice-President Mircea Dumitru.

The opening of the exhibition will be preceded by the signing of an agreement that renews a scientific collaboration partnership between the Romanian Academy and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The document will be signed by the presidents of the two academies, Ioan-Aurel Pop and Julian Revalski, at 16:00hrs, at the Academicians’ Club.

According to a press statement released by the Romanian Academy on Friday, the exhibition is based on books in the collection of the Central Library and on archival documents from the Saints Cyril and Methodius National Library and from the Archive of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The books are part of Bulgaria’s cultural and historical heritage and are of great importance both to the Bulgarian nation and to the international community, introducing a revolutionary approach to teaching.

Fourteen banners at the exhibition present the first edition of the “Primer with Various Instructions” (1824), known as the Fish primer because one of the illustrations, a whale, appeared on the back of the original edition. A series of panels are dedicated to the author, Petar Beron, a prominent scholar and educator during the Bulgarian National Renaissance, who understood that European education is essential for the rapid and successful development of the Bulgarian society.

Organised by the Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on the 155th anniversary of the Bulgarian Academy, established in Braila, on September 29, 1869, the free admission exhibition will be open throughout October 8 and can be visited from Monday to Friday, between 08:00hrs and 14:00hrs.