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THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW HISTORY AND TRADITIONS
MIZIOŁEK J. wydawnictwo: WYD UW , rok wydania 2017, wydanie Icena netto: 50.60 Twoja cena 48,07 zł + 5% vat - dodaj do koszyka The University of Warsaw History and traditions
Author gives an account of the most important events covering two hundred years of the
University’s history and introduces profiles of its rectors, outstanding professors and
graduates, among them Fryderyk Chopin.
The book can be read as an introduction to the University’s history, and as a guide
to its historic monuments and collection of plaster casts, as well as the engravings and
drawings housed in the University Library Print Room. The author discusses the
achievements and heritage of the Faculty of Science and the Fine Arts, and also of the
School of Fine Arts, which existed on the University campus in the years 1844-1862. He
also focuses on the history of the University buildings, its emblem and other symbols as
well as he describes University’s scientific and intellectual achievements in the
context of Poland’s history.
The book is complemented with the interesting appendixes referring to the Chopins’
apartment at the University Campus, Stanisław Kostka Potocki, founder of the Museum of
the University of Warsaw, the collection of Egyptian mummies and sarcophagi (University of
Warsaw deposit in the National Museum, Warsaw) and the University graduates who won the
Nobel prize. The final part is the calendar of the University history.
This book, richly illustrated with little-known materials, is addressed to a wide circle
of readers.
432 pages, Hardcover
Po otrzymaniu zamówienia poinformujemy, czy wybrany tytuł polskojęzyczny lub
anglojęzyczny jest aktualnie na półce księgarni.
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