Tomasz Carlyle; Molière, *Sartor Resartus*; *Tartuffe* [publishing block, 1882; 1875]

Authors: CARLYLE, Tomasz (Thomas Carlyle, 1795–1881) [Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist; promoter of German culture in England]; MOLIERE Jean Poquelin (1622–1673) [French playwright, founder of classical French comedy]

Translations: Sygurd Wiśniowski (1841–1892) — *Sartor Resartus*; Kazimierz Zalewski — *Hypocritus*

Publisher: Published and printed by S. Lewental, Warsaw

Year of publication: 1882 (Sartor Resartus); 1875 (The Hypocrite). Library of the Finest Works of European Literature. English Literature / French Literature.

Size: 20 cm.

Binding: Half-leather, bound together in a single volume.

Two volumes from the series bound together. Thomas Carlyle’s *Sartor Resartus* (“The Tailor Re-examined”) is a satirical philosophical novel: under the guise of a “philosophy of dress,” the author presents his view of the world through the character of Professor Diogenes Teufelsdröckh. It was translated by Sygurd Wiśniowski (1841–1892), a writer and traveler, author of *Ten Years in Australia*. The second title is Molière’s *Tartuffe*, a comedy about religious hypocrisy, translated by Kazimierz Zalewski, which was performed for many years on Polish stages.

There is an institutional stamp on the title page and on p. 213.

An item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.