Stanisław Zarański, A Lecture on the Principles of Social Economics Applied to the Needs of National Education [1873]

Author: [anonymous publication; attributed in the national bibliography to Stanisław Zarański (1817–1889), a Kraków educator, journalist, and author of textbooks on history, geography, and educational economics, and a contributor to the Lviv-based educational journal *Szkoła*]

Publisher: The University Printing House, managed by Konstancji Mańkowski, Kraków

Year of publication: 1873 (first edition)

Number of pages: 308

Size: 17 cm

Binding: Period-style cloth-bound hardcover

A lecture on economic principles intended for educational purposes: the author argues that a nation’s prosperity depends not only on material resources, but also on the economic literacy, morality, and diligence of its people. It discusses free trade, the division of labor, and thrift in relation to the needs of Polish schools in Galicia. The book was published in 1873 by the University Press in Kraków, at a time when, following Galicia’s attainment of autonomy, numerous Polish school textbooks were being produced.

Condition: The title page has a worn, illegible stamp and a handwritten inventory number that has been crossed out.

A position for researchers in the history of economic thought and education in Galicia.

The pages are bound together. The paper has natural discoloration and small spots, but the text is legible. The cloth binding is sturdy, with a matte finish and slight scuffs on the edges.

An item from the 19th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.