Stare druki i rękopisy weterynaryjne w zbiorach Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Toruniu. Katalog
Old prints and veterinary manuscripts in the collections of the University Library in Toruń. Catalogue

Summary/Abstract: The article is the result of the work connected with the preparation of an occasional exhibition related to the opening of the Veterinary Center at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in the 2018–2019 academic year. At that time, a rich collection of old prints on veterinary issues, which became the basis for the creation of the presented catalogue, was exhibited. The author collects not only titles strictly related to the treatment of animals, but also their breeding and care. The collections of the University Library in Toruń turned out to be quite numerous. Especially the Enlightenment veterinary literature presents a high scientific level, rich in the works of the founders and professors of famous French, German and Polish veterinary schools of the 18th century, e.g. Claude Bourgelat, Johann ChristianPolycarp Erxleben, Jakub Gottlieb Wolstein or Krzysztof Kluk. The introductory part of the article discusses the copies that are most valuable in terms of science and provenance. The author also presents hippatrical collections from the library of the von Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen princes from the palace in Koszęcin. This provenance along with the fragments of the library of the Potulicki family and Greek-language scholar Karl Otto Rehdantz have been so far unknown.

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