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Maurycy Straszewski, A History of Polish Philosophical Thought in the Post-Partition Period. Vol. I [1912]
Title: A History of Polish Philosophical Thought in the Post-Partition Period. Vol. 1: From the Partitions to 1831.
Author: Maurycy Straszewski (1848–1921) [philosopher, historian of philosophy, professor at Jagiellonian University and the Catholic University of Lublin, member of the Austrian State Council].
Publisher: Kraków, Published by the Philosophical Circle of Students at Jagiellonian University.
Year of publication: 1912.
Format: 24 cm.
Volume: [XIII], 511 pp.
Binding: contemporary half-leather.
The first volume of a work covering the period from the Partitions to 1831, published in 1912 by the Jagiellonian University Students’ Philosophy Circle, which the author headed. The work appeared a year after the second edition of Henryk Struve’s *History of Logic as a Theory of Knowledge in Poland* (Warsaw, 1911). Together with Struve’s works, it ranks among the earliest studies of the history of Polish philosophy. It was reviewed in *Pamiętnik Literacki* (1913) and is still cited in the literature on the subject today. The year of publication coincided with the period of Galician autonomy, when Kraków was one of the main centers of Polish academic life.
Maurycy Straszewski was born in 1848 in Lutoryż near Rzeszów. He studied philosophy and mathematics in Prague and Vienna, where he earned his doctorate in 1870, and continued his studies in Zurich and Göttingen. In 1872, he earned his habilitation at the Jagiellonian University, and from 1875 until his retirement in 1909, he headed the Department of Philosophy. From 1900 to 1910, he led the Jagiellonian University’s Philosophy Seminar; in 1909, he founded the Philosophical Society in Kraków; and two years later, the first Polish Philosophical Congress was held on his initiative. Outside the university, he was associated with Kraków’s conservatives and served on the Austrian State Council. From 1919 to 1921, he taught at the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) and served as dean of the Faculty of Humanities (1919–1920). He died in Kraków in 1921; he lived in a villa known as “Little Wawel.”
Provenance: a piece without provenance marks—no ownership inscriptions or institutional seals.
A must-have for historians of philosophy and scholars of 19th-century Polish thought, collectors of Cracovian works, and bibliophiles seeking prints in exceptionally good condition. A solid work by a pioneer in the study of Polish philosophy, preserved in a clean, fresh piece with a meticulous binding.
The text block is compact, tightly bound, and mechanically stable; the leaves are even; the paper is clean and bright, free from foxing, water stains, creases, underlining, and annotations; the volume is bibliographically complete. Contemporary half-leather binding, carefully crafted, with no scuffs on the leather, featuring gilded title lettering on the spine—the embossing is deep and distinct.
Catalog ID: 11341-24-A-Y
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Title: A History of Polish Philosophical Thought in the Post-Partition Period. Vol. 1: From the Partitions to 1831.
Author: Maurycy Straszewski (1848–1921) [philosopher, historian of philosophy, professor at Jagiellonian University and the Catholic University of Lublin, member of the Austrian State Council].
Publisher: Kraków, Published by the Philosophical Circle of Students at Jagiellonian University.
Year of publication: 1912.
Format: 24 cm.
Volume: [XIII], 511 pp.
Binding: contemporary half-leather.
The first volume of a work covering the period from the Partitions to 1831, published in 1912 by the Jagiellonian University Students’ Philosophy Circle, which the author headed. The work appeared a year after the second edition of Henryk Struve’s *History of Logic as a Theory of Knowledge in Poland* (Warsaw, 1911). Together with Struve’s works, it ranks among the earliest studies of the history of Polish philosophy. It was reviewed in *Pamiętnik Literacki* (1913) and is still cited in the literature on the subject today. The year of publication coincided with the period of Galician autonomy, when Kraków was one of the main centers of Polish academic life.
Maurycy Straszewski was born in 1848 in Lutoryż near Rzeszów. He studied philosophy and mathematics in Prague and Vienna, where he earned his doctorate in 1870, and continued his studies in Zurich and Göttingen. In 1872, he earned his habilitation at the Jagiellonian University, and from 1875 until his retirement in 1909, he headed the Department of Philosophy. From 1900 to 1910, he led the Jagiellonian University’s Philosophy Seminar; in 1909, he founded the Philosophical Society in Kraków; and two years later, the first Polish Philosophical Congress was held on his initiative. Outside the university, he was associated with Kraków’s conservatives and served on the Austrian State Council. From 1919 to 1921, he taught at the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) and served as dean of the Faculty of Humanities (1919–1920). He died in Kraków in 1921; he lived in a villa known as “Little Wawel.”
Provenance: a piece without provenance marks—no ownership inscriptions or institutional seals.
A must-have for historians of philosophy and scholars of 19th-century Polish thought, collectors of Cracovian works, and bibliophiles seeking prints in exceptionally good condition. A solid work by a pioneer in the study of Polish philosophy, preserved in a clean, fresh piece with a meticulous binding.
The text block is compact, tightly bound, and mechanically stable; the leaves are even; the paper is clean and bright, free from foxing, water stains, creases, underlining, and annotations; the volume is bibliographically complete. Contemporary half-leather binding, carefully crafted, with no scuffs on the leather, featuring gilded title lettering on the spine—the embossing is deep and distinct.
Catalog ID: 11341-24-A-Y
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