WÓJCICKI Kazimierz Władysław - National proverbs, with an explanation of the source of the beginning,...

WÓJCICKI Kazimierz Władysław - National proverbs, with an explanation of the source of the beginning, and how they are used. Showing the character, habits and customs, superstitions, antiquities, and memories of the past. Vol. 1-3. Warsaw 1830. Nakł. Hugues et Kermen. 16d, pp. [4], 222, [1]; 290, [4]; [2], 247, [4]. Late leather binding, common case.
Browning of paper in places, minor staining. Stamp: "From the book collection of Edward Serpent", "Serpent-Jodko book collection in Bobownia", common ex-libris. A collection of legends, historical stories, and memoirs illustrating Polish proverbs and adages. The book was written as the aftermath of a competition for a "treatise on customs, habits, legends and folk songs and proverbs" held in 1828 by the Warsaw Society of Friends of Science. Wójcicki's text was the only one submitted to the competition, the editors in this situation canceled the contest. The author used the collected material in compiling the three-volume work presented here. Infrequent.