ANNUAL of the Historical and Literary Society in Paris. [Edited by Bronislaw Zaleski]. R. 1866-1878. Paris; Poznań 1867-1878, Luxemburg Bookstore; J. K. Żupański. 24 cm, uniform period binding in 7 vols: pp. with slipcase.
The Historical and Literary Society in Paris was founded in 1832 (first name Literary Society), it was active until 1893, the presidents were Rev. Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, then his son Władysław, one of the most important initiatives of the Society was the establishment of the Polish Library in Paris. Yearbook of the Historical and Literary Society was its most important periodical, standing at a very high level of content, which published memoirs and historical texts on Polish affairs, especially in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, wrote extensively about the Great Emigration, its institutions, activities, biographies of emigrants, etc., the whole has a significant, extremely important source value. Yearbooks for 1866-1869 (5 vols.) were published in Paris, the last two in Poznan (for 1870-1878, in 3 vols.). For a complete set, the second part of the last vol. is missing, the volume ranges from 300 to 670 p., the yearbook for 1868 lacks 2 k. (pp. 429-432), rubbing of covers, good condition.
