MICKIEWICZ Adam - PISMA Vol. 1-8
New edition significantly enlarged Includes: vol.1 - Ballads and Romances, Sonnets, Crimean Sonnets, Miscellaneous Poems - p.246; vol.2 - Konrad Wallenrod, Grażyna, Dziady cz.II, cz.IV, Poezye nowe - p.320;volume 3 - Pan Tadeusz - pages 282 - FIRST EDITION ON POLISH LAND; volume 4 - Pan Tadeusz c.d - pages 283 - FIRST EDITION ON POLISH LAND; volume 5 - Miscellaneous Poems, Translations, Giaour, Notes on Jagiellonides - pages 284;volume 6 - On Slavic Literature - pages 299;volume 7 - On Slavic Literature c.d - pages 315;volume 8 - On Slavic Literature c.d - pages 374; with 1 engraving;
S.H.Merzbach's edition, Warsaw 1858. Dimensions 16x12cm; BEAUTIFUL contemporary linen binding - richly decorated in imitation of the original edition;stained upper page trim. In volume 5 for the first time in the group published Mickiewicz's debut poem ZIMA MIEJSKA - this poem which is the first published poem of Mickiewicz previously published in Tygodnik Wileński and not reprinted in the Paris editions!!!
Notes: Foxing- discoloration of paper; in vol.2: stamp, signature; in vol.4: signature; in vol.5: signature; in vol.1 and 7: stamp? Ex libris, in vol.7: underlining loss; in vol.8: ownership stamp.
