The Enduring Legacy of the First Nesvizh Radziwill Ordination Library in Lithuania: Results of Recent Research by Jadvyga Misiūnienė

“…It was in this year that, by order of Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł ‘Rybeńko’ (1702–1762), the Grand Hetman of Lithuania and Voivode of Vilnius, a new building was erected in Nesvizh specifically for the castle’s library. The Grand Ducal Library established there accumulated three collections of books: the old Nesvizh collection, the Biały Palace collection, and the collection of Jacob Heinrich von Flemming (1667–1728), the former Prime Minister of Augustus II and brother-in-law of Radziwiłł ‘Rybeńko’. …”
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