Lithographic prints of scripts by professors of the Lviv University of Technology in the collections of the Cracow University of Technology Library

Abstract

As the number of students at the Lviv Technical University - the Lviv Polytechnic, increased steadily, the demand for teaching materials increased. Before proper textbooks written by the university's professors appeared, the students themselves took the initiative to print lectures. They were joined by the professors and together they began to publish lithographed prints of lectures in the form of scripts. The aim of the article is to characterise the scripts issued in the form of prints that can be found in the collection of the Krakow University of Technology Library. On the basis several dozen copies, the persons responsible for the editing of texts and drawings have been indicated. An extensive share of the publishing market at the Lviv Polytechnic had a student organisation, Bratnia Pomoc, which for nearly 20 years filled the gap before academic textbooks appeared on the market.