Józef Andrzej Załuski

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Bishop Józef Andrzej Załuski, founder of Poland's first public library
Załuski Library – Poland's first public library

Józef Andrzej Załuski (12 January 1702 – 9 January 1774) was a

coat-of-arms, he is most famous as co-founder of the Załuski Library, one of the largest 18th-century book collections in the world.[1]

Life

Together with his brother

bishop of Kiev and in 1762 he led the synod of the diocese
.

He was active on the Polish political scene, opposing King

Nicholas Repnin, and until 1773 he was imprisoned in Kaluga, Russia.[3]

The greatest passion of Załuski's brothers was

Imperial Public Library was formed a year later.[1]

Załuski was an important member of the

library science
(Bibliotheca poetarum Polonorum (1752, 1754), Bibliotheca Polona magnauniversalis (manuscript destroyed in 1944)).

After his death, the

Kiev was taken by Ignacy Franciszek Ossoliński.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e (in English) Maria Witt (October 15, 2005) [September 15, 2005]. "The Zaluski Collection in Warsaw". The Strange Life of One of the Greatest European Libraries of the Eighteenth Century. FYI France. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  2. ^ "In the House under the Sign of the Kings". Welcometo.home.pl. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  3. ^ "Austria-Hungary and Poland, A Short History of 26: Russian Ascendancy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-24. Retrieved 2006-03-22.
  4. ^ a b (in English) "Bygone Warsaw". polbox.pl. Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  5. ISBN 978-0-7818-0637-4
    . Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  6. ^ Edmund Kotarski, Benedykt CHMIELOWSKI
  7. ^ "Ignacy Franciszek Ossoliński". Archived from the original on January 17, 2008. Retrieved March 22, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  • Piotr Nitecki, Biskupi Kościoła w Polsce w latach 965–1999 (Church Bishops in Poland from 965–1999), Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, Warszawa 2000

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