Kornel Ujejski, Poems, Vol. I [1900]

Format: 17 cm.

Volume: VIII, 243 pp.

Binding: Period half-leather, cover panels lined with marbled paper showing heavy wear.

The first volume of Kornel Ujejski’s poetry, selected by the poet himself and published posthumously in F. A. Brockhaus’s “Biblioteka Pisarzy Polskich” (Library of Polish Writers) in Leipzig. It includes “Jeremiah’s Lament” from “Choral” (“With the smoke of fires, with the dust of brotherly blood”), a song sung in Polish homes and churches as a prayer for the homeland, “Biblical Melodies,” and short poems. Brockhaus’s series made Polish literature available to readers beyond the reach of Russian censorship.

Stains on the pages. Contemporary half-leather binding.

Item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.