ANTONIEWICZ Bołoz Nikolai, Anna Oswiecimovna.

Anna Auschwitz.

A dramatic poem in five divisions. By (...). Second correct edition with illustrations by Artur Grottger. Vienna 1873. at the Printing House of the O. O. Mechitarists. Printed by the Author. 8, pp. [2], VI, [2], 218, 12 lithographs on separate plates (including the first and last pages), and 1 page in lithography - dedication imitating the author's manuscript ("Wiktoryi..."), brochure cover preserved, cloth binding. (later).
A nice piece. Ex-libris of Julia Meczicka on the front paste-down, two stamps on the title page, one of which reads: "Rudolf Mękicki, Lviv". Binding: brown half-leather, gilt titling and ornamental decoration on spine, corners in leather. Some yellowing of pages. Bołoz Antoniewicz family - Armenian family settled at the end of the 17th century in Stanislawow and Pokuttya. Nikolai Bołoz Antoniewicz (1801 or 1804-1885), poet, playwright and cavalry officer of the Polish Army in the November Uprising of 1830-1831. This poem describes the story of the unhappy love between Stanislaw of Oswiecim (ca. 1606-57), a courtier to King Wladyslaw IV, and his half-sister, Anna (d. 1647). Stanislaw, in order to obtain permission from the Pope to marry, goes to Rome, but upon returning home finds his beloved dying from lack of news from him or from joy at the sight of the dispensation. As the story goes, Stanislaw soon outlived his sister. He erected a magnificent chapel dedicated only to her, and had two coffins placed side by side in the center of the burial crypt. The legend of Stanislav and Anna Oswiecimia was repeatedly elaborated in the 19th century, as early as 1812 the first mentions appear, and in 1838 the whole story was described in the magazine "Friend of the People". S. Jaszowski wrote a romance on the subject, "Stanislaw of Kunowa and Anna, princess of Oswiecim" (1829), followed by M. Bołoz-Antoniewicz's dramatic poem "Anna Oswiecimówna" (1856). Rare.