ENTERTAINMENTS FOR CHILDREN
Volume VIII, Nos. XLIII-XLVIII 1827
Warsaw 1827, Printing House of Lątkiewicz, pp. 305-712,[2], format 12.5x20.5cm
First Polish periodical for children and young people published in 1824-1828 by Klementyna Hoffmanowa, née Tańska.
Klementyna Hoffmanowa née Tańska[a] - Polish writer, prose writer, playwright, translator, editor, publisher, educator and social activist.
The magazine published, among other things, poems, fairy tales and stories for children, most of which were written by Tanska herself. The works usually had patriotic and educational overtones. Among the magazine's regular sections were national memoirs, novels and anecdotes about children, works for the formation of "heart and style," parables and news useful to mothers.
In issue XLIII, a lithographed portrait of Franciszek Dyonizy Kniaznin
In issue XLIII a lithographed portrait of Jan Tarnowski
HARDCOVER IN PERIOD HALF LEATHER, GILT TITLING ON SPINE
Condition BDB-/ minor rubbing of edges, browning of paper in places, rubbed corners
