KOPERA Felix - History of the Crown Treasury or Insignias and Crown Jewels of Poland [1904].

Krakow 1904, Poland Publishing Company. 14x22 cm, pp. 261, softcover. Good condition (small stains of single pages, small tear and soiling of cover).

History of the Polish royal treasury from the Middle Ages to the time of Stanislaw August. The author describes the importance of the treasury in the Middle Ages, the oldest news of its creation and the first insignia, including the crown and spear of the Brave. He describes the development of the treasury in the 14th century, the collection of heirlooms of Queen Hedwig and relics that became part of the crown jewels. It discusses in detail the private treasures of Sigismund I and Sigismund Augustus, their fate after the death of the rulers and the regulations of Stefan Batory. The book reconstructs the state of the treasury during the reign of Sigismund Augustus, presenting the period of its greatest wealth, and then documents the gradual loss of the jewels under the Vasa dynasty, the ruin under John III, the remnants after Augustus II and III, and the last moments of the treasury under Stanislaw Augustus.