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An 18th-century Polish language textbook ...

Daniel Vogel1785

Ossoliński National Institute

Ossoliński National Institute
Wrocław, Poland

Polska Książka do czytania…” [“The Polish Reading Book ...”] is a collection of readings in Polish containing 340 stories based on biblical texts, historical and geographical events, as well as proverbs, legends, anecdotes, etc., and a comedy in one act entitled “Erast”. The textbook, intended for pupils of the “real school” [Realschule] in Wrocław to learn the Polish language, was compiled by Daniel Vogel, a teacher at the middle school of Mary Magdalene in Wrocław, and author of numerous textbooks published in collaboration with Jan Fryderyk Korn.
Binding: half leather – 18th century ; cardboard, linen, re-bound – 20th century.

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  • Title: An 18th-century Polish language textbook ...
  • Creator: Daniel Vogel
  • Date Created: 1785
  • Location Created: Wrocław, Poland
  • Physical Dimensions: [8] leaves, 480 pp.
  • Provenance: 1. Ta księga polska należy się do Frydrykowy Samuelowy & Wenzelowy. W roku pamskie 1787 trzecia Listopada w Boianowice [This Polish book belongs to Frydrykowa Samuelowa & Wenzelowa. In the year pamskie 1787 the third November in Boianowice] – ms. ; Dises polonisches Lehrbuch gehört war Fridrich Samuel Wentzel in Bojanowa, ist mein [...] Anno 1787 den 23ten November – ms. 2. Dzykowski – ms. 3. Ex libris David: Traug: Wentzelii – ms. 4. [Purchase of 1976].
  • Type: book
  • Publisher: Jan Fryderyk Korn
  • Medium: paper, handpress printing
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