Category:Books from the Polish Vasa Collection
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Sigismund III was a keen bibliophile. He collected precious copies of books from all over Europe, especially the works in Latin. The religious content prevailed, the works of history, geography, travelling, treatises on art of fortification and architecture were also present, predominantly in French. Post-mortem inventory of John II Casimir's library includes 350 titles and some books of Queen Marie Louise preserved in the Visitationist Monastery. |
Books of Queen Marie Louise Gonzaga | |
Juan de la Cruz | Opere spirituali che conducono l'anima alla perfetta vnione con Dio, 1627 |
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega | Le Commentaire Royal, ou l'Histoire des Yncas, Roys du Peru, 1633 |
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac | Socrate chrétien. Par le Sieur de Balzac et autres oeuvres du mesme autheur, 1652 |
Alexandre de Rhodes | Relatio de ce qui s'est passe en l'anèe 1649 dans Royaumes ou les Peres de Compagne de Jesus de la Province du Japon, ublient le Saint Evangelie. Dedièe à la Reyne de Pologne et Suede, 1655 |
Media in category "Books from the Polish Vasa Collection"
The following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total.
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Modlitewnik Wojciecha Gasztołda.jpg 750 × 1,000; 927 KB
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Delaune Triumph of Bacchus.jpg 1,085 × 329; 266 KB
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Avont Assumption.JPG 450 × 644; 71 KB
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Anonymous Marie Louise in mourning.jpg 499 × 613; 199 KB
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Book of Sigismund III Vasa.jpg 400 × 577; 147 KB
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Breviary of Pope Sixtus IV.jpg 594 × 725; 421 KB
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Caritas with three children.jpg 532 × 259; 87 KB
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Charles David La chasse.jpg 777 × 557; 290 KB
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Cover of Les grandeurs de la Reyne.JPG 633 × 850; 224 KB
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Letter of Philip I of Armenia.jpg 1,075 × 1,672; 1.05 MB
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Medicae familiae rerum.jpg 733 × 542; 265 KB
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Modlitewnik królowej Bony.jpg 421 × 661; 263 KB
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Modlitewnik Zygmunta Starego.jpg 1,107 × 1,694; 1.31 MB
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Simon Marmion David in prayer.jpg 358 × 438; 31 KB
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Title page of La Saincte Bible.JPG 691 × 490; 55 KB
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