Introductory part
· General introduction in the history of early modern libraries
· An ideal pattern followed and applied in the foundation, amplifiing and organizing of an early modern library
Aristocratic libraries in the 17th and 18th c.
· Rise and development of the aristocratic libraries and their survival in time
· Role of the aristocratic libraries in self representation of a noble man
· Aristocratic libraries as a result of the collectors’ passion
· (Examples in the Czech Lands: Lobkowicz Library of Roudnice, Dietrichstein Library in Mikulov, Rožmberk (Rosenberg) Library, The Library of the family Metternich in Kynžvart (Königswart), Prag Palace Libraries of the Nostitz Family and the Kinsky Family, The Library of Family Kolowrat of Krakow in Březnice Castle etc.;
· Examples of the foreign libraries: Hofbibliothek in Vienna, The Library of the Duchess Anna Amalia in Weimar, The Library of the Duke August in Wolfenbüttel etc.)
Bourgeois libraries in the 17th and 18th c.
· Specific attributes of the bourgeois libraries (vocational profile and structure)