Władysław MICKIEWICZ [1833-1926] eldest son of Adam Mickiewicz, bookseller, librarian, publicist, emigration activist

Władysław MICKIEWICZ [1833-1926] eldest son of Adam Mickiewicz, bookseller, librarian, publicist, emigration activist, f . 21 x 26.8cm, all in Polish

Very good condition

Wladyslaw Mickiewicz [1838-1926] the eldest son and second child of Adam Mickiewicz and Cecylia née Szymanowska, Polish bookseller, librarian, publicist and émigré activist. In 1864, he founded the then-famous Luxemburg Bookstore, designed to promote Polish and Polish works in French and the native language. Its main venture became the establishment of the Polish People's Library, a model for subsequent Polish publications in exile. In 1903 he founded the Adam Mickiewicz Museum in Paris, located in the building of the Polish Library on Saint Louis Island.