OSSOLINSKI Wiadomosci historyczno- krytyczne do dziejów literatury polskiey

OSSOLIŃSKI Józef Maxymilian - Wiadomosci historyczno- -krytyczne do dziejów literatury polskiey, o pisarzach polskich, także postronnych, którzy w Polszcze albo o Polszcze pisali, oraz o ich dzieł [...] przez Jozefa Maxymiliana hrabię z Tęczyna Ossolińskiego [...]. Vol. 1-3. Cracow and Lvov 1819-1822. in Druk. Gröblowska, Druk. J. Matecki. 8, p. [2], XV, [1], 516, [7], plate 1; [2], X, 625, [10], plate 1; [8], 507, [5]; [2], VIII, [4], 391, plate 1. Bound in 4 vols. pperg. of period. Banach 75. Spines somewhat dusty, staining of two pages in vol. 3, otherwise good condition; missing one plate in vol. 1 (3 portraits) and frontispiece in vol. 3 ( Typus christiani militis)-both missing engravings replaced by contemporary copies. Vol. 3 in 2 volumes. In 1852 appeared (posthumously) vol. 4, which is missing here. "The only work published during Ossolinsky's lifetime (although publication continued also after his death) was ,News [...]". The shape of the works was innovative for the time; they consisted of small monographs, growing, as in the case of Stanislaw Orzechowski, to entire volumes [...], they contained, in addition to a biography, a bibliographic description of the works, their contents, and often more interesting exceptions [...]. Proclaiming the principle that the nation will not perish as long as it knows and cherishes its language and culture, Ossoliński decided to include material for future historians of Polish literature in ,Wiadomosci' [...]. His contemporaries received Ossoliński's work with appreciation: the biography of Kadlubek was translated into German and published separately by S. B. Linde" (PSB). A work summarizing the author's historical and bibliographical achievements. Infrequent.