Cover illustration: King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (1594–1632) with Jesuits in the background burning books. Excerpt from copper plate in Uppsala University Library.
This book was originally published by Makadam Publishers (Gothenburg) under the title Krigsbytets Biografi. Byten i Riksarkivet, Uppsala universitetsbibliotek och Skokloster slott under 1600-talet. ISBN 978-91-7061-180-3. (2015)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Molin, Emma Hagström, author. | Öhman, Judith Rinker, translator.
Title: Spoils of knowledge : seventeenth-century plunder in Swedish archives and libraries / by Emma Hagström Molin ; translated by Judith Rinker Öhman.
Other titles: Krigsbytets biografi. English | Seventeenth-century plunder in Swedish archives and libraries
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023] | Series: Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 111 | “This book was originally published by Makadam Publishers (Gothenburg) under the title “Krigsbytets Biografi. Byten i Riksarkivet, Uppsala universitetsbibliotek och Skokloster slott under 1600-talet.” ISBN 9789170611803 (2015).” | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022051522 (print) | LCCN 2022051523 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004472051 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004538238 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Archival materials—Sweden—Uppland—History—17th century. | Books—Sweden—Uppland—History—17th century. | Libraries—Sweden—Uppland—History—17th century. | Sweden. Riksarkivet. | Skoklosters slott. | Uppsala universitetsbibliotek.
Classification: LCC DL603 .M6513 2023 (print) | LCC DL603 (ebook) | DDC 025.3/41409485034—dc23/eng/20221220
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022051522
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022051523
Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.
ISSN 1874-4834
ISBN 978-90-04-47205-1 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-53823-8 (e-book)
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