The book collection of Zygmunt Mocarski

Abstract

The article is an extensive part of the Ph.D. thesis "Zygmunt Mocarski, the librarian and book researcher", written under the direction of Prof. Barbara Bieńkowska. The author presents the collecting passion of Z. Mocarski (1894-1941), an expert in the history of the book, co-organised and director of the Mikołaj Kopernik Municipal Library in Toruń, co-founder of Towarzystwo Bibliofilów Polskich [The Polish Bibliophiles Society] in Warsaw, Chair of Towarzystwo Bibliofilów im. Joachima Lelewela [The Joachim Lelewel Bibliophiles Society] in Toruń, and research secretary of Towarzystwo Naukowe [The Scientific Society] in Toruń. Z. Mocarski collected his library three times: in Petrograd (1913-1918), in Toruń, independent Poland (1919-1939), and in occupied Warsaw (1939-1941). The author characterises and evaluates each of these collections, describes bindings and exlibrises.