Cultural heritage of Europe in the collections
of the National Library of Russia

Slovenia

Leopold I (1640 – 1705), Holy Roman Emperor. Patent of ennobelment granted to Andreas Knissetz. November 15, 1664. Vienna.
7 ff., 297 x 238 mm, parchment, red wax seal.Coll. 979. H. and E. Costa. Fol. 3 v. – 4 r.
Vodnik, Valentin (1758 – 1819), first Slovenian poet. Letter to his lessor. March 21, 1794. Koprivnik.
2 ff., 226 x 415 mm, paper. Coll. 979. H. and E. Costa. Fol. 1 r. – 1 v.
Lantheri, Franz Anthoni, Count of. Edict imposing the vow of silence upon the Slovenian clergyman Manigh. August 22, 1711. Laibach.
1 f., 315 x 415 mm, paper. Coll. 979. H. and E. Costa. Fol. 1 r.
Deed of the purchase of a mill by Juano Basiach from Baptista di Mireo of Tergeste. March 19, 1497.
1 f., 217 x 138 mm, parchment. Coll. 979. H. and E. Costa. Fol. 1 r.
The collection of historian Henrik Costa (1799 – 1870) and his son Etbin Costa (1832 – 1875), a politician, consists of hand-written and printed documents relating to the history of Slovenia in the 15th – 19th centuries.