Nieznane książki króla Zygmunta Augusta w bibliotece Zgromadzenia Księży Misjonarzy na Stradomiu
Unknown books of King Sigismundus Augustus in the Missionary Priests’ Congregation library in Stradom

Summary/Abstract: In the Missionary Priests’ Congregation Library in Stradom in Cracow, two books have been found that used to belong to the famous library of the Polish king, Sigismundus Augustus. The monograph on the King’s collection written by Alodia Kawecka-Gryczowa contains a catalogue of all the books belonging to it so far discovered. This article, however, extends Kawecka-Gryczowa’s catalogue by the addition of two books that have remained unknown until now. After the king’s death, part of his book collection went to the Jesuit college in Vilnius, and part of it remained with Queen Anna Jagiellon, who was her brother’s testator. Both of the newly found volumes are medical prints which Queen Anna gave as gifts to her doctors, Sylwester Roguski and Hieronim of Poznań. Like other volumes belonging to Sigismundus Augustus’ collection, these books are bound in wood boards covered in brown leather, with the King’s superexlibris on the upper cover and the property formula SIGISMUNDI AVGUSTI REGIS POLONIAE MONVMENTVM on the lower cover.

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