Wartość lubelskich akt notarialnych jako źródła do badań prywatnych księgozbiorów duchowieństwa w pierwszej połowie XIX wieku
The value of the Lublin notarial deeds as a source for studying private book collections of the clergy in the first half of the 19th century

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present the notarial deeds as potential sources and to show how they can be used for studying the private book collections of the clergy and the history of the book in the partition period. The collections under investigation are well-preserved ones; they are held in state archives. Research on the extensive fonds of the Lublin notaries of 1810-1863, conducted in the State Archive in Lublin, revealed that property inventories, auction records and wills are the documents particularly valuable for studying the book collections of the clergy. The property inventories (especially the ones to 1876) frequently included the lists of the private libraries of various priests. And thanks to a detailed description of the private libraries, it is possible to learn about the book culture of the above-mentioned circles and, indirectly, about the intellectual sources of inspiration to these priests. The auction records are also valuable sources as they provide information about samizdat books circulating locally as well as showing the mechanisms of censorship in practice. In addition, the wills include useful personalized data reflecting the values of contemporary society and the history of the book collection. Using the archival sources mentioned above will broaden the knowledge about the book collections of the clergy and the book culture not only at the regional scale but also with reference to the whole Kingdom of Poland.

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