HERBERT- PAN COGITO 1st ed.

PAN COGITO

Zbigniew Herbert

1st edition

Czytelnik, Warsaw 1974, pp. 78, [4], format 13x20.5cm

First edition of an important and well-known volume in Herbert's oeuvre, in the pages of which the title character made his debut.

Through this character the poet expressed his concerns and observations on the condition of the modern world, often using irony. The volume ends with the famous "Message of Mr. Cogito": "Be Faithful Go."

Graphic design by Andrzej Heidrich.

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