[POTOCKI Jakub]. Helen's book collection.

[POTOCKI Jakub]. Helen's book collection.
Steel engraving on ark. 10.5x8.7 cm. The coat of arms of Pilawa supported by two lions, on the in5tube the motto "Scutum opponebat scutis" (Polish: "shield against shield"). The exlibris is unsigned, probably printed at the Agra engraving workshop in Paris at the end of the 19th century. Ex-libris mounted on a small black backing placed on a larger sheet of stiff paper. Good condition.
J. Potocki (1863-1934) - son of Stanislaw and Maria née Sapieha. "Since 1912, with the participation of his mother, he enriched the library in Helena near Pruszkow [...]. The basis of the book collection was a collection acquired in Hieronim Wilder's antique shop after Kazimierz Stronczynski. Further purchases were mainly potocians, post-war foreign historical and memoir literature, as well as books on English literature. After 1918, Polish-French book collections from Paradise near Brzeżany and from Wysokie Litewski joined the library. After Jakub Potocki's death, the collection, which totaled 11,899 volumes and also included old prints, manuscripts and maps, was transferred to the Public Library in Warsaw, where it happily survived the war. The exlibris was previously considered among collectors to be a mark made for Stanislaw Potocki" (Podniesinskaya).