Exempláře z knihovny Zdeňka Kalisty (1900–1982) ve sbírce starých tisků knihovny Památníku národního písemnictví
Examples from the Library of Zdeněk Kalista (1900–1982)

Summary/Abstract: The collection of 32 old printed books from the library of the historian Zdeněk Kalista (1900–1982), which the Library of the Museum of Czech Literature purchased from an antiquarian bookseller in the 1980s and included in its relevant collection in 1980–82, is in many respects a remarkable whole. It consists predominantly of seventeenth-century books (19 items) and particularly books in French, which probably, considering their contents, are related to Kalista’s scholarly interests. Nevertheless, the collection also contains books concerning things Bohemian, two of which are in Czech. In terms of content, the collection is mainly oriented to works on politics, history, the milieu of the aristocracy, and Bohemian history. In these books, Kalista has carefully noted information about their acquisition: he purchased eighteen of them and received ten as presents; it is not known how he acquired two. Seventeen of the books from Kalista’s collection contain information about their provenance: the previous owner of eight of them can be clearly identified, including the Strahov Library of the Premonstratensians, the libraries of noble families, including the Pálffys, the Thun-Hohensteins of Děčín, and the Martinic family of Smečno, as well as some eminent figures, like the collector Emanuel Ferdinandi and the diva Emmy Destinn.

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