Book Collection of the Vilnius Academy of Medicine and Surgery in the Funds of the NBUV: History of formation and problems of storage

Abstract

In the research, on the basis of archival sources and involved normative documents of the Institute of Manuscripts and Book Editions of Library Collections and Historical Collections of the National Library of Ukraine named after. V. I. Vernadskyi, a brief essay on the establishment of the Vilnius Academy of Medicine and Surgery, as well as the work of prominent founders of this institution. First of all, the article deals with the largest sections of the library, analyses the quantitative and thematic composition of its publications. With the help of sources and special literature, Vilnius University (Principal School of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania) is characterized as the largest and most prestigious institution in Europe in the 18th — 19th centuries, where such personalities as Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki and Czeslaw Milosz studied. Information on the establishment of the first library of the educational institution is also given, its reformation and book exchange with other libraries are traced. The gradual process of formation of the library of the Vilnius Academy of Medicine and Surgery and its connection with the Imperial University of St. Vladimir. As a result of the scientific search and review of publications, parts of the book collections of representatives of the Belarusian-Lithuanian Sapieha family and the Polish scientist-encyclopedist Jan Sniadetski were found. The quantitative and thematic composition of each book collection is studied separately. After researching and analyzing the quantitative and thematic composition of books from the Vilnius Academy of Medicine and Surgery, one of the largest and most prestigious institutions in Europe in the 18th — 19th centuries, we can conclude that this collection preserves a large number of unique ancient publications of great importance for studying medical science. for modern scientists. The study also presents material on the establishment of the first library of the school, traced its reformation and book exchange with other libraries. The gradual process of formation of the library of the Vilnius Academy of Medicine and Surgery and its connection with the Imperial University of St. Vladimir.