Łaski's Statute

Title: "Commune Incliti Poloniae regni privilegium constitutionum... - Var. A".
"Statuty Łaskiego" (eng. Łaski's Statut) is the first official printed collection of legal acts in force in the Polish territory, published in 1506. The list of all laws, privileges and treaties of the Kingdom of Poland was compiled by Jan Łaski, the Great Chancellor of the Crown. The most important acts incorporated into the Statutes included the Nihil novi constitution adopted by the Sejm [the Lower Chamber of the Parliament ] in 1505. It limited the legislative power of the King and the Senat [the Upper Chamber of the Parliament] in favour of the nobility. It is generally regarded as the beginning of the introduction of noble democracy in Poland and a cornerstone of the so-called nobility’s golden freedom, i.e. a set of liberties, rights and privileges enjoyed by the nobility that made them responsible for the state. "Łaski’s Statute", published in Kraków in Jan Haller’s publishing house at the early stage of development of printing in Poland, are considered to be the first Polish illustrated book – at the beginning of the book there is a woodcut with an image of a throning monarch, the first printed representation of all four patron saints of the Polish Kingdom, i.e. St Wenceslas, St Adalbert, St Stanislaus and St Florian, as well as a folded page with a woodcut illustration representing the King together with the Senate. Łaski’s Statute is also the first book in which "Bogurodzica" was printed. This hymn accompanied the Polish nation since the Middle Ages and was performed e.g. before the battle of Grunwald (1410).
The Ossolineum volume is one of 12 copies printed on parchment, intended for the most important officials of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom.