Vilnius Weekly. 1822, vol.III [Napoleonica, travels from Japan, news about diamonds, beginnings of Sarmatians].

Vilnius 1822/ Printed by Alexander Zolkowski in Drukarnia XX.Pijarów/ volume.III/ epoxy cardboard binding/ p.288/ good condition, rubbing of the binding, paper additions to the first three pages (to the slight detriment of the text), slight discoloration of the pages in places, missing engravings.

Includes, among others: The origins of the Sarmatians according to Herodotus; News about Mehmet- Ali Basha Viceroy of Egypt and Alina his sister, deceased Sultana Valida in Constantinople, 1817; Character of Napoleon; Historical news about Marshal Dawoust; Emigration of the royal family of the House of Bragança to Rio-Janerio, capital of Brazil in 1806; Historical news about the capture of the fortresses of Peschiera and Sermione by the Franco-Polish army in 1801; The reign of Peter the Great translated from Russian; The journey from Japan of young Kotzebue to his father; The ghostly spouse; Three sisters or the specter of Minwana; News about diamonds; Parisian fashions; A few words about the destruction of ancient libraries; A comparison of love and soldiering

Tygodnik Wileński (Vilnius Weekly ) - a Vilnius-based scientific and literary periodical, founded in 1815 in Vilnius by Joachim Lelewel, a Polish historian and professor at Vilnius University and Warsaw University. Initially published as a weekly, it was transformed into a biweekly after just three years, in 1818.

Joachim Lelewel was the first editor of this periodical, and after him this function was held by Michal Balinski, Ignacy Szydlowski and M. Olszewski. Tygodnik Wileński was also affiliated with the Society of Scribblers, an Enlightenment society, since 1817.

Such prominent authors as Adam Mickiewicz, who published his poem "City Winter" here in 1818, debuted in the pages of the magazine. Also published were Jozef Korzeniowski, Antoni Edward Odyniec, Karol Sienkiewicz, Leon Borowski, Antoni Gorecki, Rajmund Korsak, as well as Joachim Lelewel himself and Teodor Narbutt.Tygodnik Wileński ended its activity in 1822.