Melitele. A New Year's Newsletter for the Year 1837 first edition by Adam Mickiewicz: To M. Ł.

Title: Melitele. New Yearbook for the Year 1837

Item description:

Notes: Third and last volume of "Melitele", the famous Polish illustrated romantic poetic almanac, all edited by Antoni Odyniec. Volumes 1 (1829) and 2 (1830) published in Warsaw. This volume contains, among others: poems by Adam Mickiewicz (first printing! "To M. Ł. On the day of receiving Holy Communion" and another edition of the poem "Arcy Mistrz" (Arcy-Mistrz")) and poetry by, among others, Ignacy Chodźko, Julian Korsak, Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz ("Dziecię na ręku starca", "Dumanie w wieczór"), Antoni Odyńca, J. B. Zaleski and other various literary works by various authors. Piece with missing 5 engravings including: "Biruta", "Kiejstut", "Italian Harvesters" and "Sister of Mercy", it contains only an intaglio: "Roman Forum. Campo Vaccino" and 3 plates of sheet music with "Sonnet" by S. E. Bojanowski with music by Karol Lipinski (on both sides of the plates)

Condition of preservation:

Piece somewhat dislocated and significantly damaged, binding preserved only in fragments, binding and block heavily damaged and stained, 5 plates missing, repair and binding necessary. Item in less than good condition

Grading of state of preservation:

• perfect condition: (6) no defects, no signs of use, like new
• very nice: almost perfect condition (+5), very slight defects, almost like new (unused)
• nice: very good condition (5), very slight, basically insignificant defects
• quite nice: condition - very good (-5), insignificant, insignificant defects
• more than good: condition between very good and good (4/5), fairly insignificant, not very significant defects
• at least good: condition at least good (+4), not very significant defects
• good: condition of good (4), fairly significant defects
• less than good: condition -good (-4), significant defects
• more than sufficient: condition between good and sufficient (3/4), very significant defects
• at least sufficient: condition at least sufficient (+3), quite poor condition, extremely significant defects, almost destructive
• Sufficient: sufficient condition (3), poor condition, major defects in the card, basically destruct

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