WYSPIAŃSKI - DRAMATIC WORKS 17 vols, first editions, leather

STANISŁAW WYSPIAŃSKI

DRAMATIC WORKS

17vol.

1. Akropolis. Drama in 4 acts. Kraków 1904. Printed by Uniw. Jagielloński. Issued by the Author, pp. 160, [25], plates illustr. 5 (including 4 fold-outs);

2. Boleslaw the Bold. Drama in three acts. Cracow 1903. reprinted at the Univ. of Jagiellonian printing house. Issued by the Author, pp. 104, [6]; preserved publisher's cover.

3 Meleager. Tragedya. Kraków 1916. reprinted at the Univ. printing house. Printed by the family, pp. 72, [4].

4. Judges. Tragedya. Kraków 1907. Printed in the Printing House of W.L. Anczyc. Printed by the Author, pp. 65, [1].

5. November Night. Sceny dramatyczne. Kraków 1904. Printed by Uniw. Jagielloński. Printed by the Author, pp. 201, [5]; publisher's cover preserved;

6 Wyzwolenie. A drama in three acts. Kraków 1906. Printed by Uniw. Jagielloński. Printed by the Author, pp. 193

7 Daniel. Kraków 1908. Printed at the W.L. Anczyc Printing House, by the family, pp. 46, [2]; period cardboard covers preserved;

8. Warszawianka. A song from the year 1831 . Kraków 1906. Printed at the W.L. Anczyc Printing House. Printed by the Author, pp. 86 [2].

9 Return of Odysseus. Drama in three acts. Kraków 1907. Printed in W.L. Anczyc's Printing House. Printed by the Author, pp. [2] 108

10 Achilleis. Dramatic Scenes. Cracow 1903. Printed at the Univ. of Jagiellonian printing house. Issued by the Author, p. 173 [4], publisher's cover preserved.

11. curse. Tragdeya. Kraków 1901. Printed by Uniw. Jagielloński. Printed by the Author, p. 114 [2], publisher's cover preserved.

12 Corneille's CYD. Kraków 1907. Printed by W.L. Anczyc's Printing House. Printed by the Author, p. 86;

13 Protesilas and Laodamia. Tragedya. Kraków 1910. Printedat the Univ. of Jagiellonian printing house. Printed by the Author, p. 55

14. Weimar 1829. Kraków-Poznań 1904, Printed in the Printing House of W.L. Anczyc. Printed by Dwutygodnik Literacki, p. 15 [4], preserved publisher's cover.

15 Sigismund Augustus. Dramatic scenes. Warsaw 1930. text prepared for print by Leon Płoszewski, p. 110 [4]; publisher's cover preserved.

16 The Rock. Drama in three acts. Kraków 1907. printed at the W.L. Anczyc Printing House. Printed by the Author, p. 69.

17. Hamlet: The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet Prince of Denmark By William Dennmark. According to the Polish text by Jozef Paszkowski, freshly read and rethought by St. Wyspianski . Krakow 1905, Printedby the Printing House of the Jagiellonian University, p.184, illustrations in the text: portraits of Shakespeare, a cross-section of Hamlet's castle;

Dramatic works of Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869-1907), poet, playwright, painter, architect and graphic artist.

Item 1.

Issue 1. The Wawel Mystery, and one of Wyspiański's most famous dramas with political overtones. The uncounted pages include the musical part of the drama written by Boleslaw Raczynski. Artwork decorated with plates with reproductions of photographs and fragments of Wawel Cathedral and cathedral tapestries; sharp fold sewn upside down;

Item 2.

Issue 1. Wyspianski's first work, the book edition of which was signaled with afi shs. The drama covers the final episode of the confl ict between
King Boleslaw the Bold and Bishop Stanislaw, ending with the bishop's death. The work was first staged in Krakow in May 1903 on the initiative of Jozef Kotarbinski. The theatrical realization of the drama, for which Wyspiański himself prepared the scenery and costumes, surprised with its
novelty, and was the fullest expression of the author's originality as a theater artist; one f. with corner loss;

Item 3.

Issue 1 Tragedy written in Krakow in 1897 and published 1898.

Item 4.

Wyd.1. The work was published a few weeks before Wyspiański's death; printing was completed on October 10, 1907.

Item 5.

Issue1. November Night, the third work by Stanislaw Wyspianski, after "Warszawianka" and "Lelewel", dealing with the November Uprising; blurred author's entry on title page.

Item 6.

Second edition of one of S. Wyspiański's most famous works. "The thing was written in 1902, takes place on the stage of a Cracow theater. The printing was completed on February 10, 1906"; few underpapers, minor stains;

Item 7.

Issue 1 Posthumous work.

Item 8.

5th ed.

Item 9.

Issue 1.

Item 10.

Issue1; Achilleis. Dramatic Scenes, a drama by Stanislaw Wyspianski, based on the Iliad, written in 1903, first performed on stage in 1925; paraphrase on p.tit.

Item 11.

Issue 2. The theme of The Curse, for the times in which it was written, is extremely bold; it touches on new but burning issues, peasant superstitions and beliefs, and was drawn from direct observation of life. In fact, Wyspiański used here elements of the conflict between the village community and the parsonage, which actually took place in Gręboszów near Tarnów; stamp and notation no. on p.tit.

Item 12

Issue 1. Author's reworking of Stanislaw Wyspianski's tragicomedy "The Cid" by Corneille, in which the author departed from the principle of three unities and which triggered the famous pamphlet war between the supporters and opponents of the work (the dispute was settled by the Academy of Cardinal Richelieu). Here Corneille referred to the figure of the historical Spanish hero Don Roderic Diaz de Vivar, who in the 11th century, fighting the Moors, covered himself with glory and earned the nickname Cid (Lord).

Item 13.

Issue 3

Item 14.

Iss.1. Translated according to the German text established by Leon Ploszewski.

Item 15.

Wyd.1. First book edition, of the last, unfinished work created from manuscripts and notes arranged by Leon Ploszewski.

Item 16.

Issue 1.

Item 17

Issue 1. In Hamlet, Wyspianski presented his own well-thought-out concept of theater. This vision allows him to be considered one of the greatest reformers of European theater; title page in copy;

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