Translation: Aleksandra Callier (1854\u20131924), from Hungarian [translator of many other novels by J\u00f3kai, including *The Rich Poor* and *The Woman with Sea-Blue Eyes*]<\/p>\n
Publisher: Published by Gebethner and Wolff Bookstore, Warsaw<\/p>\n
Year of publication: 1898.<\/p>\n
Volume: Volume I: 264 pp. Volume II: 247 pp. Volume III: 276 pp. Volume IV: 278 pp.<\/p>\n
Size: 18 cm.<\/p>\n
Binding: Original period half-leather binding, with blind-embossed lines on the spines and gold lettering indicating the author’s name, the title, and the volume numbers.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe Will Shake the Earth from Its Foundations\u201d (\u201c\u00c9s m\u00e9gis mozog a f\u00f6ld,\u201d 1872), whose title alludes to Galileo\u2019s words \u201cand yet it moves,\u201d transports the reader to early 19th-century Hungary. It tells the story of a young poet and artist against the backdrop of a burgeoning national consciousness and the struggle against Austrian bureaucracy. M\u00f3r J\u00f3kai, himself a politician and participant in the 1848 revolution, was very popular in Poland in the late 19th century; Aleksandra Callier translated several of his novels.<\/p>\n
A set of four volumes in matching period bindings.<\/p>\n
The blocks of all volumes are intact (in Volume I, the title page is loose, with a small loss of blank margin). The pages are free of tears and stains, with slight yellowing. The bindings show slight scratches on the leather and scuffing on the edges.<\/p>\n
An item from the 19th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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