Biblioteka Przeździeckich i jej zbiory

• Authors: Patryk Sapała

Title variants

EN

THE PRZEZDZIECKI LIBRARY AND ITS COLLECTION

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article presents the history of count Przezdziecki's Library from its beginnings in the 18th century to its almost complete devastation during World War II. Although it is only an outline, relatively multifarious primary and secondary sources were used (including archival materials from the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw, the Archives of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, and the State Archive of the Capital City of Warsaw). The initial part pertains to efforts of subsequent family members to create, deposit, make available for visitors, and finance the Library collection. In the second part three main categories of Library resources are described, namely archival manuscripts, printed books, and others (works of art, archaeological finds, maps and atlases). The wartime fate of the institution (1939-1945) is presented separately. Moreover, wartime loses and present localizations of small remains from this formerly excellent collection are enumerated. The paper is appended with four attachments: 1) a simplified genealogical table of the Przezdziecki family, 2) the Library map, 3) a list of lost works of art from the family collection, 4) a list of saved items deposited in the Jagiellonian Library in Krakow in 1945.

Keywords

EN

PRZEZDZIECKI FAMILY; WARSAW LIBRARIES

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Biblioteka Narodowa
• Journal: Rocznik Biblioteki Narodowej
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 42
• Pages: 273-318
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Patryk Sapała

• Patryk Sapala, Warsaw University, Institute of History, Department of Early Modern History, Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA103210