Imago Poloniae. Dawna Rzeczpospolita na mapach, dokumentach i starodrukach w zbiorach Tomasza Niewodniczańskiego = Das Polnisch-Litauische Reich in Karten, Dokumenten und alten Drucken. 2 vol. [complete set]

Warsaw: Agencja Reklamowo-Wydawnicza Arkadiusz Grzegorczyk, 2002 2 volumes 4to (33.5 cm), 388 pp; 324 pp. Laminated boards (minor shelf-wear). Tomasz Niewodczański (1933-2010), a Polish physicist, entrepreneur, collector, and bibliophile, assembled one of the world's largest private cartographic collections. "Imago Poloniae" serves as a catalog for the Polish-Lithuanian segment of the collection, now housed in the library of the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Volume one encompasses highlights, manuscripts, and printed books, while volume two is a comprehensive catalog of maps. Published in conjunction with exhibitions in Berlin, Warsaw, Kraków, and Wrocław during 2002-2003, this catalog, along with "Imago Lithuaniae" (2002) and the unpublished "Imago Ukrainae," stands as the premier reference for maps of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The text is presented in both Polish and German.