CHODŹKO- PISMAs vol.I-III published in Vilnius 1880-1 manors of the nobility

CHODŹKO Leonard

WRITINGS

Volumes I-III [complete].

New edition with portrait of the author (on steel)

Vilna 1880-1, published and printed by Jozef Zawadzki, pp. 472+480+536; in vol. 1: f . plates 1- steel engraving depicting the author; format 15x23cm

PUBLISHER'S HARDCOVER OF THE EPOCH, EMBOSSING AND GILDING ON THE FACE AND SPINE, GILT PAGE EDGES.

Writings offered include:

T.I- Pictures of Lithuania, serya I-III;

T.II- Lithuanian paintings, serya IV-VI

T.III- Lithuanian Podanias, serya I-IV; Two conversacye; Attempts at a new diccyonary.

Chodźko Ignacy (1794-1861), Polish novelist. Studied at the philosophical department of Vilnius University. Worked as a clerk, then farmed the family estate of Dziewiętnie. He was close to the ideals of the Enlightenment.

In 1840 he began series I of Lithuanian Pictures (series II-V, 1843-1850, VI-1862), which includes both novels, which were popular at the time, such as Memoirs of a Quaestor, and other prose works. Also Pictures showing the customs of noble manors in the 18th-19th centuries.

He created a specific genre of moral and historical novel, the so-called nobleman's storytelling, written colorfully and vividly. He published Lithuanian Podania (series I-IV, 1852-1860), Writings (volumes 1-3, 1880-1881), Selection of Writings (1903).

Rare in complete and publisher's binding. Unobtainable in this condition!

Condition BDB-/ minor rubbing of edges and scratches of binding surfaces, paraphrase with date inscribed in pencil on title page of all pieces, BEAUTIFUL EXEMPTION.