16th and 17th Century Czech and Slovak Books from the Collection of Viennese Cardinal Migazzi Cover Image

16th and 17th Century Czech and Slovak Books from the Collection of Viennese Cardinal Migazzi
16th and 17th Century Czech and Slovak Books from the Collection of Viennese Cardinal Migazzi

Author(s): Andreea Mârza
Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: cardinal Migazzi; library; Czech and Slovak area; printings; Batthyány Ignác; Dániel Imre; catalogue;

Summary/Abstract: This research identifies XVIth-XVIIth century printings that entered the initial collection of the library belonging bishop of Transylvania, Batthyany Ignac, following the purchase of the personal library of Viennese Cardinal Christoph Migazzi. Before being sold, these books to the collection were inventoried in a catalogue that is preserved in the collection of Batthyaneum Library. For the moment, we only dealt with the books’ printing place, focusing on the Czech and Slovak areas. We introduced works that subsume under proposed research in the final Annex.

  • Issue Year: LIV/2015
  • Issue No: LIV/Sup
  • Page Range: 249-260
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English