ORGELBRAND ENCYCLOPEDY Volume 1-28 Reprint

ENCYCLOPEDIA UNIVERSAL S . Orgelbrand Vol. 1-28[complete] Reprint

Artistic and Film Publishers, Warsaw 1984-1985. Publisher's hardcover. Volume size 24x17,5cm, in each volume about 1000 pages. Very good condition(minimal dusting of the edges of the blocks).

The most successful editorial venture in Poland up to the end of the 19th century, and few equals even later. Samuel Orgelbrand [1810-1868] engaged the most eminent Polish scholars and writers to carry out his project, which took 10 years to compile. a huge number of, mostly elaborate entries, often taking the form of small articles. S. Orgelbrand's encyclopedia contains numerous entries, including personal entries, for Old Polish history and for general history, which in later editions of various works of this nature were no longer included or had a truncated form, making the work of an outstanding bookseller, publisher and antiquarian like S. Orgelbrand an invaluable source of handy knowledge.