MICKIEWICZ A. - Writings. Vol. 1-7. Brody 1911. with dedication by J. Kallenbach.

MICKIEWICZ Adam - Pisma. Edited, explained, prefaced by Joseph Kallenbach. Vol. 1-7. Brody 1911. Nakł. F. West's Bookstore. 16d, pp. [6], XII, 229, plate 1; [6], XII, 230, [1], plate 1; [6], XI, [1], 214, plate 1; [6], XV, [1], 413, [2], plate 1; [6], XIII, 371, [1], plate 1; [6], IV, 277, [2], plate 1; [6], IV, 245, [2]. Original fawn ornament.
Bindings slightly rubbed, blocks slightly loose and cracked, paper yellowed, nevertheless overall good condition. Ekslibrises by R. Chrząstowski. On the back covers signature of the bookbinder: "L. Borecki Brody Introligator." On title page in vol. 1, handwritten dedication by J. Kallenbach to W. A. Bruchnalski, dated X 1913. Ornaments according to drawings by Stanislaw Pichor - plates with images of the bard. According to Aleksander Brückner:"Of all the popular editions, this is by far the best. [...]. The distribution of contents is as follows: Volume one covered things written up to 1822 (ends with a poem to Lelewel); incorporated here is a large bundle of philomathic poems and prose, from the Archives, from "Unknown Writings of A. M." 1910 r. The second contains Grazyna, Dziady (Kovno, 2nd and 4th parts) and minor works from 1822-1824, in verse and prose; the third contains works "on foreign lands and "from 1824-1828, Sonnets, Wallenrod, Farys, etc.; the fourth poems, written after his departure from Russia 1829-1832, the Books of the Nation, Dziady III with Ustęp, articles from Pielgrzym Polski, poems from 1832-1834; the fifth Pan Tadeusz; the sixth Giaour, poems and prose of the following years, ending with Konfederaty Barskie; the seventh (added so as not to expand too much on the sixth) begins Jasinski, contains things of Lausanne and Paris later (1840-1855), historical articles, speeches and memorials, fragments of Constantinople; the appendix includes and excerpt from "Potatoes"."