Manuscript with the most beautiful Polish poetry, dumkas and songs. Souvenir for E. Zulinski [1882].

On the frontispiece card, dedication: "The remaining children of the late Stanislaw Brandel, together with the Family, offer in memory of this gift dearest to the late Venerable Zulinsky Edw. indebted (!) 1882."

Manuscript on paper, p. 346. height 20.8 cm. Linen binding with ep. Cladding enclosed in simple geometric embossed border. 6-poly spine. Gilded page edges.

Minakowski's genealogy states that Stanislaw Brandel (1807-1881) was an officer in the Polish army and an official of the Road Administration. On the other hand, the census of the city of Krakow year 1910 (Dz. V , Vol. 9 , p. 36 , item 179) lists the Zuliński family, including Edward Zuliński (b. 1842 in Krakow), an official of the Mutual Insurance Society.

Includes works such as: Dumka (Aleksander hr. Fredro); The Prophet (from Pushkin) Translated from the Russian by A. E. Odinets;To the Homeland from Poeta Bello; The Battle of Sempach : the dedication of Winkelried; The Ram and the Wolves; I regret these leaves.... (From the posthumous portfolio of the late Lucian Siemieński); Mr. Hippolyte; Maryla's Chick : Romance (thought from a Lithuanian song); Tukaj or Trials of Friendship Ballad; Dudarz Ballad; Three Budrys. (Lithuanian Ballad); Hunters (M. Rodoć); From Heine; My Neighbor; Stefan Czarniecki; Request to a Nightingale; Fisherman (from Slavonic T. Preszer); Variety of Fate (Fairy Tale); Pilgrim to Pilgrim : In the namesake of the late Wladyslaw Kucewicz. From found posthumous works of Ludwik Kondratowicz; Blichtr Niewieści. Gawęda; Song of Polish Farmers by K. Brodziński; Do braci włościan (Władysław Bełza); Do Polek; Pochód Kajdaniarzy Sybirskich; Tułacz.

A beautifully calligraphed souvenir - a testimony to the 19th century worship and reverence for poetry and the written word.