Komu było dedykowane dzieło Gwagnina Sarmatiae Europeae descripto? - rozwiązanie zagadki znanego polonicum XVI w.
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2007
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Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Poznaniu
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To whom was the book Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio by A. Gwagnin dedicated? A solution of the puzzle of a well-known sixteenth-century material concerning Poland
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This article addresses the problem of the original addressee of the dedication inscribed
in the book entitled Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio by A. Gwagnin (Alessandro
Guagnini). A unique copy of the book published in 1574 found by the author in
Bibliothćque Mazarine in Paris has shed light on the question posed in the title.
Gwagnin’s work was originally dedicated to Henry of Valois and it was only after
the well-know string of historical events and his notorious flight from Poland (as he
secretly left Poland to ascend the French throne) that the dedication was changed, on
the initiative of the publisher, to that of Stephen Batory of Poland. This discovery
changes the dating of the book adopted hitherto in available monographs and bibliographies.
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Biblioteka nr 11 (20), 2007, s. 11-28.