Załuski Library

Załuski Library
Załuski Library's original seat: now "House Under the Kings" (Dom Pod Królami), Warsaw
General information
Architectural styleRococo
Town or cityWarsaw
CountryPoland
Coordinates52°14′43″N 21°00′27″E / 52.2454°N 21.0075°E / 52.2454; 21.0075
Construction started1621
Completed1624
ClientJózef Andrzej Załuski,
Andrzej Stanisław Załuski
Design and construction
Architect(s)Francesco Antonio Melana (1736-1745)

The Załuski Library (Polish: Biblioteka Załuskich, Latin: Bibliotheca Zalusciana) established in Warsaw in 1747 by Józef Andrzej Załuski and his brother, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski, both Roman Catholic bishops, was a public library nationalized and renamed upon its founders' death into the Załuski Library of the Commonwealth (Polish: Biblioteka Rzeczypospolitej Załuskich) which existed until the final demise of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.