Jan Rymarkiewicz, Models of Prose in All Its Genres, Levels, and Forms. Level II [1863]

Size: 22 cm.

Number of pages: 482.

Binding: Period half-leather, with gold lettering and the initials “J.W.” at the bottom of the spine. The leather cover shows heavy wear, and the corners are heavily rounded.

Jan Rymarkiewicz, born in Łobżenica, a participant in the November Uprising, and—after studying in Berlin—a teacher in Greater Poland, compiled *Wzory prozy* as an anthology for teaching style. Level II, intended for upper-grade classes, covers descriptive and narrative prose (memoirs, biographies, historical monographs), scientific and didactic prose, as well as rhetorical prose (parliamentary speeches, sermons, proclamations), featuring texts by Old Polish, Enlightenment, and Romantic authors. The second edition was published in 1863 by Jan Konstanty Żupański, a Poznań-based publisher who supported Polish education in the Prussian Partition.

On the half-title page, the ownership inscription “M.A. Ruszkoscy. Lubiec”; on the spine, the gilded initials “J.W.” Numerous pencil underlines; signs of having been read in school.

Stains and dirt on the paper. The leather binding is heavily worn, and the corners are rounded.

An item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.