Law in the Włocławek canon law lecturers’ collections of books on the basis of their personal books stored in Włocławek Seminary?

Abstract

Nowadays, books from the collections of a few significant canon law lecturers of Seminary in Włocławek, stored in seminarian library, are of a historical value. Most of them are publications on canon and secular law which were used for their teaching and academic work.

The lecturers that should be mentioned are: Rev. Zenon Chodyński (1836–1887) and Rev. Stanisław Chodyński (1836–1919) who were the teachers of Canon Law in the 2 nd half of 19 th and in the beginning of 20 th century; Rev. Stefan Biskupski (1895–1973) who was a teacher for 17 years (1927–1936, 1938–1939, 1946–1953); Rev. Władysław Szafrański (1908–1996) who was a teacher for 24 years (1953–1977); Rev. Alfons Przybyła (1925–1991) – who was a teacher for only 5 years (1956–1956, 1965–1968). In the library, there are about 700 books of Choldyńskis, 98 books (in 132 volumes) of Rev. Stefan Biskupski, 51 books (in 61 volumes) of Rev. Władysław Szafrański, 94 books (in 106 volumes) of Rev. Alfons Przybyła. All the works are about the law. Despite of a small number of saved publications on law, they give an insight about the lecturers’ academic interests and that is what is presented in this article.