English: Manuscript in Latin, French and German. Themes:
unification of Protestant denominations and the restoration of Europe's religious unity,
foundation of German imperial archives accessible to historians,
foundation of the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Provenance:
1720s: transferred to Johann Erhard Kapp
1740s: transferred to Józef Andrzej Załuski (Załuski Library)
1795: transferred to Imperial Library in Saint Petersburg (confiscation)
1921: transferred to National Library in Warsaw (revindication)
1939: transferred to Canada (evacuation)
1959: transferred to National Library in Warsaw (revindication)
Source/Photographer
Halina Tchórzewska-Kabata, Maciej Dąbrowski (2000). Nad złoto droższe: skarby Biblioteki Narodowej (More precious than gold: treasures of the National Library). Biblioteka Narodowa. ISBN83-70092-97-7
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