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Księgozbiór uczniowski przyszłego toruńskiego bibliofila Eugeniusza Przybyła (1884–1965)

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Tondel J.

Toruńskie Studia Bibliologiczne

2012

vol. 5

issue 1(8)

9-35

The article presents the profile of Eugeniusz Przybyl – one of most notable Torun’s bibliophiles of the 20s, 30s and first decades after the World War Two. By profession E. Przybyl was a painter. In 1920 he moved to Torun and lived there until his death in 1965. He worked for many cultural associations being a cofounder of some of them. As a keen bibliophile he attended to his book collection, regularly adding newly published items. His special interest lay in artistic books, particularly ornate and avant-garde volumes. He also collected second-hand books. In the 20s and 30s he added more than 500 new items to his collection, including one incunabulum and several rare books. Shortly before the WWII Przybyl’s collection consisted of approx. 6,000 volumes. After the war it continued to grow and finally reached about 10,000 items. The article presents early years of Przybyl’s collection while still in his secondary school. The research is based on E. Przybyl’s book inventory held in the University Library of Torun as well as his wife’s accounts.

KAZIMIERZ PIEKARSKI'S BIG AND SMALL CAUSES: AS READ IN LETTERS TO ALEKSANDER BIRKENMAJER (Wielkie i male sprawy Kazimierza Piekarskiego wyczytane z listów do Aleksandra Birkenmajera)

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Mydel M.

Roczniki Biblioteczne

2009

vol. 53

63-80

Professor Aleksander Birkenmajer's rich legacy, kept in the Manuscript Department of the Jagiellonian Library, includes among his correspondence writings by Kazimierz Piekarski. This collection comprises twenty letters, seven postcards, one note, a visiting card, a postal order and an invitation to a celebration in memory of the late Kazimierz Piekarski. The letters written between 1921-1942 are an interesting testimony to the over twenty-year-long collaboration between the two scholars broken by Piekarski's premature death. The subjects of the letters included problems with Piekarski's methods, his research, his publishing, bibliophilic and organisational work among Polish librarians in the inter-war period, as well as social and personal affairs of the author of the letters. What should also be noted is the language of these letters - Kazimierz Piekarski was famous for his brilliant wit, self-mockery and critical but very humane approach to human weaknesses. Despite its fragmentary nature Kazimierz Piekarski's legacy deserves to be brought back from obscurity because of the figure of its author - an eminent scholar, exceptional librarian and fascinating human being.

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Księgozbiór uczniowski przyszłego toruńskiego bibliofila Eugeniusza Przybyła (1884–1965)

KAZIMIERZ PIEKARSKI'S BIG AND SMALL CAUSES: AS READ IN LETTERS TO ALEKSANDER BIRKENMAJER (Wielkie i male sprawy Kazimierza Piekarskiego wyczytane z listów do Aleksandra Birkenmajera)