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Swedish Literary Spoils of War from the Czech Lands

Bibliographic and Information portal

In the years 1646-1648, Swedish troops took away more than 25,000 books from Mikulov, Olomouc and Prague. This portal provides information on the extant copies scattered throughout libraries across Europe.

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Database of extant books

Database of books taken from Prague, Olomouc and Mikulov in the years 1646-1648

Currently: 4,312 identified books | 63 libraries | 16 countries

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Interactive map of current book locations

Interactive map showing the current storage locations of extant books

Currently: 4,312 identified books | 63 libraries | 16 countries

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Manuscript catalogues

Digital copies of preserved original library catalogues taken to Sweden

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Literary Spoils of War

Follow the adventurous journey of the Rosenberg Bible from Venice to Prague, Stockholm and Copenhagen. It was the pride of the Rosenberg library, a war booty, the property of Queen Christina I and an antiquarian item.

The video is the final episode of the popular science series Book Detectives.