Description of catalogues

This is a short description of on-line catalogues of our library collections. Links to these are on the left.

Note. The catalogues are in Polish now, but the English version is going to be prepared.

Old prints

Full catalogue of old prints including incunabulums and rare books (especially 16th century Polish).
One may choose using a phrase searching ("Wyszukiwanie tekstowe") or browsing by prepared indexes ("Indeksy").

New prints

Catalogue of prints published after 1800 (only those fully described since 1998).

Periodicals untill 1800

Full catalogue of periodicals and newspapers (mostly Polish) edited up to the year of 1800. Additionally old calendars are included.

Periodical since 1800

Full catalogue of periodicals and newspapers (mostly Polish, but also German, French and English), additionally calendars and book catalogues.

Handwritten periodicals

A catalogue consists of descriptions and summaries of 17th and 18th century handwritten periodicals and newspapers. Prepared by Zofia Skorupska.

Manuscripts 1

Volume 1 of inventory of manuscripts – catalogue numbers from BK 1 to BK 1612.

Manuscripts

Inventory of manuscripts – catalogue numbers from BK 1613 do BK 13500.

Diplomas

Full inventory of parchment documents form 13th to 19th century.

Maps

Full inventory of maps and cartography atlas’ from 16th to 20th century.

Chess Library

Contains library collection of Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818-1899), a famous chess historian and player. The collection contains manuscripts, prints and periodicals about history of chess.

Microfilms

Full catalogue of microfilms representing our rare books and manuscripts.