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Looted Libraries, Looted Books
The Swedish Case
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Supported by the legal ideas of Hugo Grotius, the Swedish armies exploited opportunities to seize books as spoils of war from conquered enemies to an unparalleled degree in the seventeenth century. They took books from countries such as todayâs Latvia, Poland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Denmark, distributing the goods to recently founded institutions and private manors in their native country. In Looted Libraries, Looted Books â The Swedish Case, Peter Sjökvist gives a summarizing overview of these plunders: from which regions and owners full libraries or selected books were taken during the conflicts, where they subsequently tended to end up when arriving in Sweden, and how they have been received and curated over the years. It is argued that it can be questioned whether large portions of the spoils have served any proper user needs in their new contexts.
Peter Sjökvist, Ph.D. (1974, Uppsala University) is Rare Books Librarian and Associate Professor of Latin at Uppsala University. His publications include several articles on books looted by Sweden in the early modern period.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
â1âA History of Swedish Book Spoliation
â2âReception and Curation
â3âGrotius, Peace Treaties, and Claims for Restitution
â4âDestruction and Dispersal of Looted Books
â5âLiterary Spoils of War in Sweden
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Introduction
â1âA History of Swedish Book Spoliation
â2âReception and Curation
â3âGrotius, Peace Treaties, and Claims for Restitution
â4âDestruction and Dispersal of Looted Books
â5âLiterary Spoils of War in Sweden
Conclusion
Bibliography
Those interested in European book history, spoils of war, provenance research, library history, cultural transfer, etc.