Zabawy przyiemne y pożyteczne, z różnych autorow zebrane. Volume VIII [1773].

Warsaw 1773. published by Michał Gröll J.K.Mci Kom. i Bibl. 9.5x16 cm, pp. 402 (continuous pagination in two parts), half cloth bookbinding. Good condition (ownership stamp of Stanislaw Kostka-Milewski, a few pages after conservation, title page of part II missing, isolated soiling, completed loss of the last page - to the detriment of the text).

Volume VIII (in two parts) of Zabaw przyjemnych i pożytecznych, the first Polish literary periodical, published in Warsaw in 1770-1777 by Michał Gröll. It played an important role in the development of the literature of the Polish Enlightenment, popularizing the works of the leading writers of the era, including Naruszewicz, Krasicki and Zablocki, and often addressing political topics.It was also associated with King Stanislaw August Poniatowski and regularly supported his policies, emphasizing his role as a protector of art and literature. In 1804-1806 Cyprian Godebski and Ksawery Kossecki resumed publishing Zabaw przyjemne i pożyteczne, but the edition did not reach the level of the original magazine.

This volume included The Palace of Flattery, Satire (Adam Naruszewicz). Thanksgiving to the Most Eminent Lord for the given medal with a portrait of His Majesty (Rev. Wincenty Skrzetuski). Ode for the wedding day of the Honorable Stanislaw Kostka Count Dunin, Chamberlain of Livonia, with the Honorable Julianna Leduchowska, née Bętkowska Leduchowska, Ensign of Lomza. Speech about the benefit that the state derives from the ploughman in comparison with the merchant, soldier and sage. Speech of August Kicki, chamberlain of Zakroczym, to His Majesty the King during the public proof of his annual teachings at the Collegium Nobilium, Warszaw. Soc. J. on July 27, 1773 miana. Ode to justice on the occasion of the royal speech appointed on the 2nd day of August 1773 for kings. Speech on the art of crassness. Speech what is more useful, whether to know people or books. Funeral poem for the death of Father Stanislaw Konarski (Jozef Koblański). For the garden of His Lordship Potocki, great writer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a poem (Grzegorz Piramowicz). Poem to Our Lord Most Gracious, honoring with his consciousness the public display of annual teachings at the School of Knights. Ode on the day of the consecration to the Plock bishopric of His Highness Prince Michał Poniatowski (Kazimierz Nowicki). Bouquet on the name day of the Most Reverend Karolina Dziekońska, stolnikowa wołkowyska.