Zabawy przyiemne i pożyteczne, vol. I - IV - Cyprian Godebski and Ksawery Kossecki, in Warsaw at the Printing House of Tomasze le Brun, successor of Piotr Dufour 1803 - 1804, f. 10,5x16,5cm, pp [2], 96, [4], 131, [4], 120, [4], 121, [1], f. plates 1 [preserved in a small part], RARE
leather binding, rubbing of binding edges and spine, family library ownership stamps in several places, board retained in small part, otherwise center in very good [clean and dry] condition
"Zabawy Przyjemne i Pożyteczne" - a weekly published in 1770-1777 in Warsaw by ; the first Polish literary magazine published by Michał Groll , from 1771 the unofficial organ of Thursday dinners. The most prominent writers and poets of the era, including Adam Naruszewicz, Ignacy Krasicki, Franciszek Dionizy Kniaznin, Franciszek Zablocki, Tomasz Kajetan Węgierski, were associated with the magazine. In 1804-1806 Cyprian Godebski and Ksawery Kossecki started publishing "Zabawy Przyjemne i Pożyteczne" again, but they failed to match the original version.
