ZARZECZE k. PRZEWORSKA. Morska, née Dzieduszycka, Magdalena, A collection of drawings depicting the finer buildings of the village of Zarzécza in Galicia, Przemyśl province, partly taken from nature or simplified, with a description of rural architecture in the Dutch and English manner and general thoughts on decorating rural settlements, Vienna 1836. 40 plates (lithography and aquatint) of which 8 in color, period half leather cover (slight rubbing), lacks descriptive section and 8 plates depicting the art of flower arranging; dimensions: 365x260 mm.
The turn of the 18th and 19th centuries brought the apogee of the rivalry over which family would hold the palm of supremacy in post-partition Poland: The Radziwills or the Czartoryskis. They raced for everything, even for marriages. When Maria Czartoryska married Wirtemberg, it was Antoni Radziwill who got the hand of Louisa Hohenzollern. Both ladies, that is, Izabela of Fleming Czartoryska (1746-1835) and Helena of Przezdziecka Radziwill (1753-1821), were second to none. As one in Pulawy rebuilt a park, the other in Nieborów did the same. Both were undoubtedly forerunners in Poland of what is today called landscape architecture. One should also not forget on this occasion the spectacular, fairy-tale (and astronomically expensive) landscape and park establishment in Zofiówka, which was commissioned and named after his wife by Szczesny Potocki.
Somewhat in the shadows remained the true greatness of the art of harmonizing residences with their surroundings. The little-known and unjustly forgotten Magdalena née Dzieduszycka Morska (1762-1847). Heiress of Zarzecz near Przeworsk, deeply rooted in culture and versatile artistic talent, in 1798 she undertook the task of rebuilding her own deteriorated residence. She took as her helper P. Aigner, who performed a similar role at the side of I. Czartoryska. What she managed to accomplish she presented in offered publication. The inspiration was probably provided by I. Czartoryska: Miscellaneous Thoughts on the Method of Establishing Gardens from 1807. But while Czartoryska basically limited herself to hints on how and with what equipment to establish a palace park, Morska also showed the palace from the outside and inside, as well as other buildings that constitute the essence of her garden. She made the drawings herself, and had them corrected by professionals before transferring them to the board. In this way she created a monograph of the park and palace complex in Zarzecz, which is unique, as no residence in Poland has such iconographic documentation, definitely richer and more complete than that of Puławy or Nieborów.
The literature on the subject says that a total of several dozen pieces of this publication were published, but no one knows exactly how many. One of them was in the holdings of the Pawlikowski library in Medyka. According to the ex-library, the offered piece came from the library of Counts St. Julien Walsee of Upper Austria.