Karolina Wojnarowska, Grandma’s Rings, vols. III–IV [1872]

Author: Karolina Wojnarowska, née Rylska (1814–1858) [Polish writer, publishing under the pseudonym Karol Nowowiejski; author of didactic and educational literature for women; published in *Przyjaciel Ludu*, *Dziennik Literacki*, and *Nowiny Lwowskie*]

Publisher: Published by Mieczysław Leitgeber’s Bookstore, Warsaw

Year of publication: 1872. Reprint (first published in Leipzig, 1845).

Volume: Volume III: 284 pp. Volume IV: 261 pp.

Size: 18 cm.

Binding: Period half-leather bookbinder’s binding, with gilt title labels and volume numbers on the spine; the cover faces are covered with marbled paper.

Karolina Wojnarowska’s *Grandma’s Rings* is a social and educational series that follows the protagonist through five stages of life: childhood, youth, marriage, middle age, and old age. The author devoted her work to the upbringing and education of women, combining a social novel with patriotic and religious messages. Volumes III and IV cover the sections on married life and middle age. They were published by the Poznań bookseller Mieczysław Leitgeber.

Volumes III–IV bound together, for lovers of early women’s literature and the history of education.

Both volumes (545 pp.) are bound as a single unit; the pages are clean, with slight yellowing of the paper, no foxing, and no missing pages. The binding is in very good condition; the leather on the spine and corners shows minimal scuffing, and the gilt lettering is legible.

An item from the 19th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.