Porębowicz Edward- Folk songs; Celtic, Germanic, Romanesque [illustrated by J.M.Szancer].

Warsaw 1959/ People's Cooperative Publishing/ first edition/12.5x19cm/s.296/ black and white illustrations in text/ publisher's binding, soft/ very good condition-, foxing( rusty spots) on card trims, exlibris on front cover

Cover and title page designed by Hanna Balicka- Fribes

Illustrated by Jan Marcin Szancer

Edward Porębowicz (born February 20, 1862 in Warsaw, died August 24, 1937 in Lviv) - Polish romanist, poet, translator, literary scholar. In 1899 he became an associate professor and was given the chair of Romance philology in Lviv. In 1907 he received the title of full professor of Romance languages and literatures. He was a versatile scholar - he was active in the field of Romance literatures as well as all Western European literatures. It was he who first introduced the term Baroque into science to designate a period in the history of literature. He studied the works of the three bards and wrote insightful reviews. In 1920 he became an active member of the Scientific Society of Lviv, and in 1936 he received the Lviv Literary Prize. His academic achievements were impressive. In the academic year 1925-26 he was elected rector of Jan Kazimierz University. He received the title of honorary professor of this university. He was an active member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, an active and honorary member of many scientific societies. Among his achievements are his inspirational studies of the Middle Ages, Italian and French literature, the Polish Baroque (Andrzej Morsztyn) and modernism (he introduced the term neo-romanticism) for Polish literary research."[source: Wikipedia.pl].