THACKERAY W[illiam] M[akepeace] - Snobs, a humorous work. St. Petersburg 1860. first Polish edition of "The Book of Snobs." [ex-libris of Józef Holewinski].

By THACKERAY W[illiam] M[akepeace].

Title: Snobs, a humorous piece. Translated from English.

• Place of publication: St. Petersburg
• Year of publication: 1860
• Publisher: translator's edition, printing by Juzefat Ohryzka
• Number of pages: [2], 238, II
• Illustrations, maps: ---
• Size: 18 cm
• Binding: hard half leather with gilt on the spine
• Condition: rubbing/small missing on the spine of the binding, broken plywood, characteristic yellowing of pages
• ISBN: ---

Description:

Polish 1st edition, the English original was published in 1846. The author provides witty and critical psychological portraits of English society at the time.

Translated by Maria Sadowska (ca. 1835-ca. 1892), a writer associated with the Vilnius literary community, living in Paris from 1867 (briefly associated with C. Norwid in 1876).

On the front pastedown ex-libris "From the books of St. Najman" by Jozef Holewinski (1848-1917). Woodcut 12.8x7.3 cm. Dark brown paint. Composition from 1907 signed on the woodblock "Holewiński 07". Art Nouveau composition showing a young man in a library. Below is an unfilled inventory blank. Exlibris mounted on paper backing. Traces of glue on the back.