SARBIEWSKI, M. — *Carmina*. New edition. 1759. With an ex-libris by F. Potocki.

SARBIEWSKI, Maciej Kazimierz—Matthiae Casimiri Sarbievii e Societate Jesu, Carmina. A new edition, far more extensive and carefully revised than previous ones. Paris 1759. Printed by J. Barbou. 8vo, p. VIII, 383, [1], 92. Contemporary gilt leather binding with gilt edges.
E. 27, 124. Very good condition. On the front endpaper, a heraldic bookplate of Franciszek Potocki (“Bibliotheque de S. L. M. le Comte François Potocki” with the Pilawa coat of arms), a member of the Council of State of the Congress Kingdom in 1830, a state councilor, Master of Ceremonies at the Court of His Royal and Imperial Majesty, and president of the Provincial Commission of the Mazovia Province of the Congress Kingdom. “He possessed a very rich collection of Polish medals and coins [...], as well as a large collection of domestic and foreign antiquities and a library containing several thousand volumes, which is currently located in Wilanów near Warsaw” (Wittyg, p. 148). Sarbiewski’s *Carmina* from 1759 is a “New, expanded, and revised collected edition of the Latin ‘Songs’ by M. K. Sarbiewski (1595–1640), a world-renowned Polish Neo-Latin poet, Jesuit, and court preacher to Władysław IV [...]. This small volume is distinguished by its meticulousness and attention to detail. The beauty of the edition is enhanced by numerous vignettes that adorn the title page and highlight or conclude individual sections of the collection, such as the typographer’s preface, the author’s biography, and the individual books. Ornamental elements also separate the individual works" (Krasiczyn). Contents: *Lyricorun libri IV*, *Liber epodon.*, *Carminum libri VI*, *Miscellanea libri VII*, *Epigrammata*; the entire work is preceded by the author’s biography.