WINE
COLLECTIVE WRITING
Offered to Stanislaw Jachowicz by the country's first authors and his many other friends and admirers.
Volumes 1-3 [complete].
Warsaw 1858; in Alexander Gins Printing House; pp. 475, 543, 522; format 13.5x20.5 cm
Collective journal initiated by friends of S. Jachowicz as a token of gratitude for his service to society. The wreath contains the works of 272 authors, among whom were both the most prominent Polish authors of the era, as well as those less known min. students and alumni of Jachowicz. Volume II includes ( pp. 42-44) the first printing of C.K. Norwid 's poem "Toast" - written especially for this edition.
Rare in set.
HARDCOVER CLOTH BINDING OF THE PERIOD
DB condition/ stamps of the H. Hurtig Bookstore in Kalisz, minor soiling, rust spots, rubbing of bindings and spines, handwritten ownership entries on the endpapers and title pages.
