Swedish Literary Spoils of War from the Czech Lands

To date, more than two hundred books originating from the literary spoils of war from Bohemia and Moravia have been identified in the Lund University Library through ongoing research. These volumes reached Lund through several private libraries, most notably that of Emund Gripenhielm (1622–1675), which was purchased by King Charles XI of Sweden for the newly founded University of Lund, as well as the library of Melker Falkenberg (1722–1795), chancellor of Lund University. Some of the surviving volumes demonstrably passed through the auction organised by the Cathedral Library in Strängnäs in 1764.