MONITOR on R. P. 1771.

MONITOR for the R. P. 1771.

- Volume two. No. 56-100 (July 13 - December 13). Warsaw 1771. in Drukarnia Mitzlerowskiey, (16.5 x 10.5 cm), pp. (432) - 874, opr. pł. współcz.
(Estr. T. 22). Good condition. Monitor - was the first periodical, regularly published in Poland in 1765 - 1785. It was founded in March 1765 by Ignacy Krasicki and Franciszek Bohomolc, and on the initiative and with the support of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski. The magazine was published in the royal printing house and was the organ of the reform camp. Edited on the model of the English The Spectator, in the spirit of rationalism and religious tolerance, the magazine contributed to the negative image of the Saxon era. The Monitor covered many topical and diverse topics. In new, short journalistic forms (essays, reports, letters to the editor, articles, columns, etc.), the authors criticized Sarmatian backwardness, postulated a new personal pattern of the enlightened nobleman. The fundamental goal of the journal was to improve the customs and morals of society. The Monitor printed texts by the most outstanding Polish writers of the 18th century, but most often it was translations and alterations of foreign authors.