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Julian Bartoszewicz, Distinguished Polish Men of the 18th Century [1856]
Title: Distinguished Polish Men of the 18th Century. Portraits of Historical Figures by Juljan Bartoszewicz.
Author: Juljan Bartoszewicz (1821–1870) [historian, archivist, librarian, and journalist; co-editor of Orgelbrand’s Universal Encyclopedia].
Publisher: St. Petersburg, Published by B. M. Wolff; Printed by Korolev and Company.
Year of publication: 1856.
Format: 19 cm.
Volume: [VII], 309 pp.
Binding: period cloth.
One of the volumes of a three-volume biographical work published in St. Petersburg in the mid-1850s. In it, Bartoszewicz compiled “portraits” of 18th-century Polish figures, based on archival material and period prints, with the clear intention of distinguishing fact from anecdote. The series includes, among other things, a sketch on “Father Łuskin’s Gazette,” cited in the literature on the 18th-century Warsaw press, and a biography of the daughter of Augustus II the Strong. The publisher was Bolesław Maurycy Wolff, a prominent St. Petersburg bookseller and publisher who also printed works by Kitowicz and Niemcewicz, among others, and the printing was carried out at the Korolev and Company Printing House. Polish publications from St. Petersburg during this period were primarily distributed in the annexed territories.
Julian Bartoszewicz was born on January 17, 1821, in Biała Radziwiłłowska (Podlasie) as the son of Adam, a mathematics teacher. He graduated in 1842 from the Faculty of History and Philology at the University of St. Petersburg, and as a student he made his debut in the Polish New Year’s almanac *Niezabudka* (1840–1841). In 1847, for his first historical publication, he received a two-year ban on publishing in Warsaw periodicals and was transferred as a disciplinary measure to the position of district school inspector in Końskie. From 1851 to 1858, he edited *Dziennik Warszawski*, and from 1863 to 1868, he served as curator of the Main School Library. He wrote 1,291 entries for Orgelbrand’s *Encyklopedia Powszechna*, and his collected *Works* (vols. 1–11) were published between 1877 and 1882. He was a member of scientific societies in St. Petersburg, Poznań, and Kraków, as well as the Vilnius Archaeological Commission. He died on November 5, 1870, in Warsaw. His son, Kazimierz Bartoszewicz (1852–1930), a writer and historian, bequeathed his collection to the Museum of History and Art in Łódź.
Provenance: The first page bears a smudged bookbinder’s stamp, and the former workshop mark is now illegible. Aside from this, the piece bears no ownership inscriptions or institutional seals.
An item of interest to researchers of the late First Polish Republic and the Stanisław era, collectors of early biographical works, and enthusiasts of Polish prints from St. Petersburg. A meticulous nineteenth-century gallery of figures, in its original period binding.
The text block is complete, structurally sound, and mechanically sturdy; the original stitching securely holds the pages together, with no loose leaves. The paper bears a natural patina of age: scattered foxing, acid yellowing, and superficial soiling along the margins from past reading. The original period cloth binding shows age-related cracking of the fabric along the spine, scuffs and soiling on the endpapers, and slightly rounded corners, though the structure remains stable—this piece is well-suited for conservative book restoration.
Catalog ID: 11927x3-19-A-X
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Title: Distinguished Polish Men of the 18th Century. Portraits of Historical Figures by Juljan Bartoszewicz.
Author: Juljan Bartoszewicz (1821–1870) [historian, archivist, librarian, and journalist; co-editor of Orgelbrand’s Universal Encyclopedia].
Publisher: St. Petersburg, Published by B. M. Wolff; Printed by Korolev and Company.
Year of publication: 1856.
Format: 19 cm.
Volume: [VII], 309 pp.
Binding: period cloth.
One of the volumes of a three-volume biographical work published in St. Petersburg in the mid-1850s. In it, Bartoszewicz compiled “portraits” of 18th-century Polish figures, based on archival material and period prints, with the clear intention of distinguishing fact from anecdote. The series includes, among other things, a sketch on “Father Łuskin’s Gazette,” cited in the literature on the 18th-century Warsaw press, and a biography of the daughter of Augustus II the Strong. The publisher was Bolesław Maurycy Wolff, a prominent St. Petersburg bookseller and publisher who also printed works by Kitowicz and Niemcewicz, among others, and the printing was carried out at the Korolev and Company Printing House. Polish publications from St. Petersburg during this period were primarily distributed in the annexed territories.
Julian Bartoszewicz was born on January 17, 1821, in Biała Radziwiłłowska (Podlasie) as the son of Adam, a mathematics teacher. He graduated in 1842 from the Faculty of History and Philology at the University of St. Petersburg, and as a student he made his debut in the Polish New Year’s almanac *Niezabudka* (1840–1841). In 1847, for his first historical publication, he received a two-year ban on publishing in Warsaw periodicals and was transferred as a disciplinary measure to the position of district school inspector in Końskie. From 1851 to 1858, he edited *Dziennik Warszawski*, and from 1863 to 1868, he served as curator of the Main School Library. He wrote 1,291 entries for Orgelbrand’s *Encyklopedia Powszechna*, and his collected *Works* (vols. 1–11) were published between 1877 and 1882. He was a member of scientific societies in St. Petersburg, Poznań, and Kraków, as well as the Vilnius Archaeological Commission. He died on November 5, 1870, in Warsaw. His son, Kazimierz Bartoszewicz (1852–1930), a writer and historian, bequeathed his collection to the Museum of History and Art in Łódź.
Provenance: The first page bears a smudged bookbinder’s stamp, and the former workshop mark is now illegible. Aside from this, the piece bears no ownership inscriptions or institutional seals.
An item of interest to researchers of the late First Polish Republic and the Stanisław era, collectors of early biographical works, and enthusiasts of Polish prints from St. Petersburg. A meticulous nineteenth-century gallery of figures, in its original period binding.
The text block is complete, structurally sound, and mechanically sturdy; the original stitching securely holds the pages together, with no loose leaves. The paper bears a natural patina of age: scattered foxing, acid yellowing, and superficial soiling along the margins from past reading. The original period cloth binding shows age-related cracking of the fabric along the spine, scuffs and soiling on the endpapers, and slightly rounded corners, though the structure remains stable—this piece is well-suited for conservative book restoration.
Catalog ID: 11927x3-19-A-X
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