Łuszczewska Jadwiga (pseud.Deotyma)- Improvisations and Poems [publishing debut 1854][lithographs by Maximilian Fajans].

Warsaw 1854/ Printed and printed by Józef Unger/15x21cm/s.325/ two lithographs outside the text/ bound in period bookbinding, half leather, marbled veneer on front, gilt titling on spine/ good condition, rubbing at edges of binding, paper foxing (rust spots), traces of dampness, pieces after conservation- pasting up small tear in lithography and p.2. Infrequent.

Preserved two signed lithographs by Maksymilian Fajans, the first pastedown, probably the publisher's cover, the second separating the part of , "Improvisation" from , "Poetry".

Jadwiga Łuszczewska's publishing debut

Jadwiga Łuszczewska, literary pseudonym Deotyma (born August 1, 1834 in Warsaw, died September 23, 1908 there) - Polish Romantic poet and novelist, improviser.

Luszczewska was the author of many collections of poems, poems, dramas and novels. She began her creative activity in 1852 with public improvisations. In 1854 she published her first volume of Improvisations and Poems in Warsaw.

In a series of epic poems entitled Poland in Song, she set herself the goal of describing the history of her homeland. She created these poems over several decades. The cycle stretched from the legendary times in Lech (1859) to the unfinished work Sobieski at Vienna (1908). However, the poems did not receive critical acclaim.

Her historical novels for young people became popular, especially Panienka z okien ka(1893), Branki w jasyrze (1889) and Memoirs, covering the years 1834-1897. She was also the author of the fantasy-science novel Zwierciadlana zagadka (Mirror Riddle )