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Keywords: Poland Mrs Batowska's travelling library.jpg Poland secondhalf other date century 18 mahogany Institution Myślewicki Palace Landscape Room accession number object history turn of the century 19 transfer Dorota Batowska credit line The library contains 210 miniature volumes bound in light brown calf leather ornately embossed and with gilded edges all in lockable double door cabinet The bookcase is a small compilation of knowledge of history travel theater moral teaching mathematics physics chemistry physics economics botany poetry and medicine - a total of 148 volumes that every enlightened lady should know and have in its collection The collection is completed with 62 volumes of French literature - including works by Rousseau Marmontel Rabelais Fontenelle Florian and Cottin among others The owner Countess Dorota Batowska was a daughter of Aleksander Benedykt Batowski an officer and Livonian envoy to Four-Year Sejm own See below Cc-zero DEFAULTSORT 1750-1800; Mrs Batowska's travelling library Mrs Batowska's travelling library
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