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TeUniversityofWarsawLibrary(BUW)celebratedits200thanniversary
in2017.
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FoundedasthePublicLibraryatthenewlyestablishedRoyalUniversity
ofWarsaw,itwasintendedbyitscreators-theEphorateoftheWarsawLyceum,
StanisławKostkaPotocki,andSamuelBogumiłLinde-tocontinuetheideas
andtraditionsofthePublicLibraryofPoland(theZałuskiLibrary,1794-1795),
whichhadbeentransportedtoSaintPetersburgandwhichhadservedasthe
NationalLibrary,atreasuryofknowledgeandcultureofthePolishnation.
Duringitstwocenturiesofexistence,theLibraryhasamassedseveralmillion
objects,includingexceptionalhistorical,artistic,orspecialcollections,ofenof
museumcharacter.Someofthemareunique,likethefamousPrintRoomofKing
StanisławAugustPoniatowski(r.1764-1795)repurchasedfortheUniversityfrom
hissuccessorsin1818,musicautographsintheArchiveofPolishComposers,
royaldocumentsintheManuscriptsDepartment,uniqueeditions,provenances,
orbookbindingsintheEarlyPrintedBooksDepartmentandthebookcollec-
tionoftheWarsawSocietyofFriendsofLearning,thecollectionofjournals
fromtheGreatEmigrationperiodintheNineteenth-CenturyPublications
Department,andthesetsconcerningthemodernhistoryofPoland-likeephem-
eraorundergroundpressfromthetimeoftheSolidaritymovementinthe
EphemeraDepartment.
1Teanniversarymonograph(collectivework):BibliotekaUniwersyteckawWarszawie1817-2017.
Miscellanea,ed.byJolantaTalbierska,ZbigniewOlczak(series:MonumentaUniversitatisVarso-
viensis),WydawnictwaUniwersytetuWarszawskiego,Warszawa,2017.