Family Chronicle: A biweekly magazine devoted to literature, social issues, and family life. 1881 [1881]

Size: 26 cm.

Volume: 768 pages (24 issues of the biweekly magazine and a subject index).

Binding: period half-leather, with embossing and title lettering on the spine.

“Kronika Rodzinna,” a biweekly published in Warsaw since 1867, was one of the most important women’s and social magazines with a Catholic-conservative orientation, reflecting the educational ideals of Klementyna Hoffmanowa (née Tańska). Its editors included Aleksandra Borkowska (née Tańska) and Maria Ilnicka. The 1881 volume contains serialized novels, poems, literary criticism, historical and biographical articles, a scientific chronicle, and sections on child-rearing and homemaking.

The book is in clean condition, with a complete and intact block. The leather spine, joints, and edges are worn. Some pages have dry water stains.

An item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.