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much business concerning their property, which
generated numerous financial records. These provide
valuable information on the history of towns and
villages, and on the development of handicrafts,
132 Radziwills’ Archives and Niasvizh (Nieśwież) Library collection
� The hunting lodge of Prince Antoni Radziwill, friend and
benefactor of Fryderyk Chopin. The wooden building, at
Antonin near Poznan in Poland, was designed by the prominent
German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1822-4.
� Some of the ex-libris bookplates used
by members of the Radziwill family.
factories and industrial enterprises. The archives also
contain extensive information on the history of daily
life, including personal diaries and memoirs, and,
as cultural benefactors and authors of literary and
musical works, on the history of culture in Central
and Eastern Europe.
Among the early printed books in the Niasvizh library
are unique incunabula dating from the 15th century,
illustrated and illuminated herbaria, atlases and