Autographs and dedications
Database lists those of our books that contain dedications or autographs. Their authors and addressees are indexed by NUKAT authority records. The database entries also include short bibliographic descriptions of signed books. Among most noteworthy are dedications by: Leopold Staff to Stefan Żeromski, Michał Bałucki to Anna Kałużyńska and autographs signed by: Ignacy Domeyko, Roman Ingarden, Kajetan Koźmian, Karolina Lanckorońska, Louis Pasteur, Stanisław Przybyszewski, and Emil Zegadłowicz.
The database was described by Monika Fiutowska in the article „Mała oznaka wszelakiego poważania” – baza autografów i dedykacji Biblioteki Naukowej PAU i PAN w Krakowie in the „ Annual of the Scientific Library of the PAAS and the PAS in Cracow” vol. 57 (2012),
pp. 459-473.
Currently database holds 2’823 entries.
Early prints provenances
Local card catalogue of provenance notes transcribed from the selected old prints accompanied by the partial index of the names of the donors. It is available upon request in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Henryk Bukowski’s collection
In 2018 we celebrated the 130th anniversary of the donation of over 600 rare books on art and culture history. This collection had been bequeathed to the AAS in 1888 by Henryk Bukowski (1839-1900), rare books dealer from Stockholm. On this occasion the Scientific Library of the PAAS and the PAS in Cracow published digitised version of this bequest’s printed catalogue.