- As of 2024, more than 460 specimens have been identified
- The main part of the collection consists of rare and valuable publications in Western European languages of the 17th–19th centuries from printing houses in Europe and Russia
- One of the earliest copies in the collection is the Nurnberg edition of 1622 by the traveler A. Werner, which describes countries and cities, from Prague to Constantinople, as well as their statesmen and rulers (Nurnberg, 1622)
- On documents belonging to E.I. Baranovsky, as a rule, there are bookplates of the owner, created in Munich in 1902–1904 artist Boto Schmidt (Schmidt Sh Botho)