TY - JOUR AU - Imańska, Iwona PY - 2012/12/21 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - From the research on the private book collection of Toruń’s mayor Johann Gottfried Rösner JF - Folia Toruniensia JA - FT VL - 12 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.12775/FT.2012.003 UR - https://apcz.umk.pl/FT/article/view/FT.2012.003 SP - 29-41 AB - Torun’s mayor Johann Gottfried Rösner, who died in 1724, bequeathed a considerable book collection. However, the source base does not allow us to get fully acquainted with his reading interests. The book collection and other properties of the mayor were put up for auction in Toruń on 1 October 1725 owing to the decision of the town council. The auction catalogue to the book collection did not survive. It turns out that not all books were sold. In February 1728 some part of Rösner’s book collection was put up for auction in Wittenberg. The auction catalogue has survived, and not all the books included in it were the property of Rösner. The list of Rösner’s belongings includes 41 books in the folio format, and a dozen of volumes kept now in the collections of various libraries, mostly Copernicus Voivodeship Public Library in Toruń and the Library of Nicolaus Copernicus University. The above-mentioned sources let us conclude that Toruń’s mayor created an interesting book collection. Being a great book lover, he also exhibited a utilitarian attitude towards books. ER -