Category:Books from the Polish Vasa Collection

Books
	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.