[BIESIADECKI Franciszek] Set of ephemeral prints, manuscripts, archival materials related to Franciszek Biesiadecki (1869-1941), landowner, collector

[BIESIADECKI Franciszek] A set of ephemeral prints, manuscripts, and archival materials related to Franciszek Biesiadecki (1869-1941), landowner, collector.

The collection includes:

"Caricature of Franciszek Biesiadecki". Caricature probably made for the occasion of the presentation of the bibliophilic Order of the White Eagle to Biesiadecki in 1930.
Pen drawing on pencil underdrawing, paper. Dimensions: 22.9 x 16.4 cm. Drawing signed: "Fr Biesiadecki | caricature proposal".

Humorous poem by Franciszek Biesiadecki sent to Mieczyslaw Opałek on Patron's Day. Date. Danilcze, 1 I 1933, signed by F. Biesiadecki.
Typescript on 2 postal cards, imprinted at the University Printing House in Lviv, with an ornamental poem "Wiecha over the table of bibliophiles in "Zakopane" in Lviv" imprinted on the obverse. Dimensions of each card 14.5 x 9 cm.

Typescript text:
"This is not how it ILLO TEMPORE used to be | Mość OPAŁKU, noble my companion, | We drank on Wilja and on New Year's Day, | We sometimes drank for second breakfast. | So on the day of the Name Day, there was a bull's bob | And humor gushed, gushed and vodka gushed. | On Patron's Day, I kiss your mouth.

Handwritten letter from Franciszek Biesiadecki to Mieczysław Opałek. Date. Danilcze 24 / 7 [1]928.
Manuscript on paper, 3 pp. Dimensions 16.8 x 14.5 cm.

Biesiadecki apologizes for the delay and explains it by his duties. Asks to come to Pukow and telegram Danilcz to send horses. He confirms receipt of the plates. He tells of the daily work and increasing fatigue. Biesiadecki also expresses hope for visiting bibliophiles, because, as he writes: "I will be in the countryside for a long time." He concludes by asking Opałek to be unscrupulous, and that it was a pleasure to "do him a favor" (presumably to publish a book) - and sends his warm greetings.

Postcard sent by F. Biesiadecki to R. Mękicki (address: Market Square, Sobieski Museum). Dated. 21 IV 1927. Stamps of Juliusz Mękicki.

Biesiadecki writes with a grudge to Mękicki that the latter did not show up for the agreed meeting and informs of his imminent departure. Finally, he asks for one Finkel silver medal (designed by Rudolf Mękicki), issued in 1926
The correspondence may relate to the book "Bibliopole lwowscy" by M. Opałek, published in 1928.

A postcard sent by Franciszek Biesiadecki to Mieczyslaw Opałek (Lviv, 25 Piaskowa Street). The postcard depicts the House of T. S. L. in Rohatyn. Date. 1. I 1934 Signed "FBiesiadecki".

"The New Year is running so one should wish the selenizer. Has he fulfilled my instructions? So far I have not a word on the matter I asked for. And does he not print the readings? So he is questioning."

A postcard sent by Franciszek Biesiadecki to Mr. and Mrs. Mękicki. The postcard shows the Polish House of the T. S. L. in Rohatyn.

Biesiadecki makes a vivat to an unknown person ("H..."). He informs that he is sick "from water kind of poisoning" and sends greetings.

Card written in pencil and dated. "26/8 929". On the reverse side, description and collector's stamp of Juliusz Mękicki.

Postcard with Christmas wishes sent by F. Biesiadecki to R. Mękicki, mailed in 1933. Stamps of Juliusz Mękicki.


Postcard inscribed by F. Biesiadecki to Mr. and Mrs. Mękicki, sent on August 7, 1933, addressed to Podhorce Castle. Stamps of Juliusz Mękicki.

Postcard with a photograph of the manor house in Danilcze of Mr. Puk (owned by the Biesiadecki family), addressed to Mr. Mękicki, sent on May 3, 1935, addressed to the Sobieski Museum in Lviv.
Stamps of Juliusz Mękicki.

Postcard with Easter wishes addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Mękicki, sent from the estate in Danilcze in 1938. Stamps of Juliusz Mękicki.

Postwar postcard with a view of A. Potocki Street (No. 50) in Lviv. Modernist tenement house proj. arch. Bagienski. Ownership of Biesiadecki. On the reverse side, description and collector's stamp of Juliusz Mękicki.

Postcard with a photograph of the manor house in Danilcze of Mr. Puk (property of the Biesiadecki family), addressed to Mr. Mękicki (31 December 1938), with a humorous poem related to the Mękicki family:
"My rhyme contacts | Because there is no turkey | For that there is math. | R. + J + 2 z = 4 | 2 chł. + 1 pan + 1 z = 4".

On the front of the card New Year's wishes written in abbreviated form: "Ż. p. N. R.". Stamps of Juliusz Mękicki.

Postal card with a photograph of the manor house in Danilcze of Mr. and Mrs. Puk (owned by the Biesiadecki family), addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Mękicki, with name-day wishes for a prosperous New Year (dated 1 I 1939). Stamps of Juliusz Mękicki.

Postcard with a photograph of the manor house in Danilcze p. Pukki (owned by the Biesiadecki family), addressed to Zofia Szczucka (address: Zaleskiego 8, Cracow).
PP. Biesiadeckis "recall to gracious memory" and send Christmas wishes.
Postcard probably addressed to the famous writer Zofia Kosssak-Szczucka, already bearing her second husband's name at the time: Szatkowska.

Z. Kossak-Szczucka (1890-1968) - novelist and author of children's books, associated with the "Czartak" group, during the war an active member of "Zegota", participant in the Warsaw Uprising, imprisoned in Auschwitz and Pawiak.

Reproduction of a photograph of the House under the Eagles, the residence of F. Biesiadecki. Print, paper. Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.3 cm. Reproduction glued on backing.

Contemporary print of a photograph depicting the entrance gate to the farm of the Biesiadecki family in Danilcze, Rohatyn district. In front of the gate stands Franciszek Biesiadecki. Printed on photographic paper, size 15,3 x 11,6 cm. Inscribed on the reverse
and stamped by a collector.

Franciszek Biesiadecki (1869-1941) - landowner, collector, bibliophile, numismatist, member of the Kraków Galician Sejm (10th term). He was an extremely founded figure for the bibliophile movement in Poland. He was a co-founder of the Society of Book Lovers in Krakow in 1922, and then in Lviv in 1923, where he took over from Jan Kasprowicz as president in 1925. He was honorary president of the First and Second Congress of Polish Bibliophiles, a member of the Numismatic Society in Krakow and the Knights Order of Bibliophiles with the Chapter of the Order of the White Raven in Krakow. In 1930 he was awarded the Order of the White Raven. [biography in part after wikipedia.pl].