Content

• Einband
• Spiegel
• Schmutztitel
• Frontispiz
• Titelblatt
• Verlagsinformation
• Widmung
• 7-8 Table of contents
• 9-11 Introduction
• 12-99 1. The Palace's history
  • 13-19 Denhoff and Czartoryski times
  • 19-23 A description and inventory of the palace in 1735
  • 23-31 A Residence fit for the princes Czartoryski
  • 32-40 The corps de garde
  • 41-43 Rococo finesse
  • 43-45 Casanova and the wine fountain
  • 45-51 Izabela Lubomirska née Czartoryska and her times
  • 52-55 Distinguished artists, splendid palatial interiors, and Pompeian motifs
  • 55-60 The happy couple, Stanisław Kostka Potocki and his wife Aleksandra
  • 60-63 Stanisław Kostka and Aleksandra depicted in words and pictures
  • 63-66 The Polish Herculaneum, Warsaw's revival, and a Specification of Rooms
  • 66-67 Stanisław Kostka's study and library
  • 67-75 The times of Stanisław and Aleksandra's son and grandchildren
  • 76-77 The Palace and the house at number 17 in the times of Stanisław Potocki (1845-1886)
  • 78-95 The Palace in the hands of the Potocki of Galacia
  • 96-97 The Potocki palace in a diplomat's recollection
  • 97-99 The Czartoryski-Potocki Palace on film
• 100-129 2.Tableaux vivants: facts and anecdotes from the lives of the princes, counts, and their guests
  • 101-106 A duel that never was, a six-horse carriage, and a magic lantern
  • 106-110 Napoleon, "magnetising enslavement," and a Bacciarelli painting
  • 110-113 Napoleon in the Potocki Palace: the most famous social event of 1807
  • 113-119 The concert, the dancing and the beautiful Maria Walewska
  • 119 The Battle of Raszyn and the ball for the Archduke Ferdinand
  • 120-123 Aleksandra Potocka's tableaux vivants
  • 124 A trip to Bliss and Niemcewicz's piglet
  • 124-127 A historical reconstruction in honour of Niemcewicz
  • 127-129 Music in the Palace and Maria Kalergis
• 130-152 3. The Palace hosts an art gallery and an editorial office
  • 134-135 Warsaw's first art exhibitions
  • 135-139 The Zachȩta Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts
  • 140-145 Pictures that stirred hearts
  • 146-147 The Zachȩta Society takes over the initiative
  • 147-148 Watercolours, beautiful prints, and professional painters
  • 148-152 The finest Polish weekly paper
• 153-155 Conclusion
• 157-159 The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in a nutshell...
• 160-161 Ministers of Culture
• 165-180 Inventory of the Czartoryski-Potocki Palace
• 180-189 Bibliography
• 190-196 List of illustrations
• 199 List of abbreviations
• 203-216 Index
• Spiegel
• Einband
• Maßstab / Farbkeil