Linde Samuel Bogumił - Dictionary of the Polish Language Volume I-VI [complete] [leather binding] [Second edition, corrected and multiplied].

Linde Samuel Bogumił - Dictionary of the Polish Language Volume I-VI [complete], second edition, corrected and multiplied, Lvov 1854-1861, by the effort and expense of the Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, pp. [2], 39, [10], LXXIV, 681, [2]; [4], 691, [2]; 640, [2]; 735, [5]; 758, [5]; 1219, [13], dimensions 23 x 28 cm. Foxing. Soiling inside. Complete after disinfecting in vacuum chamber. Age-toned leather bindings, blocks in nice condition [one volume lacks fold, one page loose, torn title page in volume I]. Abrasions of the binding.

The dictionary contains about 60000 entries, including about 2000 proper names and about 5000 names invented by the author.

The idea of writing a normative dictionary originated in the Society of Friends of Science, whose members persuaded Samuel Bogumil Linde to do it. His candidacy was considered because of his competence and access to sources. Linde was a renowned Slavist and translator, and from 1794 he worked for ten years in the library of Jozef Maximilian Ossolinski in Vienna, organizing and expanding its book collection. Based on his employer's rich library collection, he gathered numerous materials for the planned publication of a dictionary of the Polish language.

Samuel Bogumił Linde (1771 - 1847) - Polish Slavist, lexicographer, linguist, translator, bibliographer, educator and librarian, author of the monumental Dictionary of the Polish Language (1807-1814), member of the General Council of the Government Commission of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment in 1830, member of the Chamber of Education of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1808.