CHOCISZEWSKI Józef - Listownik. A handy book containing the science of letter writing.... Torun 1878

Author: CHOCISZEWSKI Józef

Title: Listownik. A handy book containing lessons on letter writing and specimens of the most useful letters occurring in life, namely, greetings, letters of consolation, admonition, thanksgiving, recommendation, advice, in the affairs of societies, merchants; also specimens of receipts, reverses, contracts, wills, bills, along with a brief lesson on keeping business books and bills of exchange, and the most important postal regulations. In the appendix Letters of famous men of our nation, namely Sobieski, Kosciuszko, Poniatowski, Krasicki, Zan, Mickiewicz, Slowacki, Krasinski, Szajnocha, Libelt, Kraszewski, Odyniec. Finally, an appendix containing namesake entries, in memoriam, clippings and t.d. arranged by ...

• Place of issue: Torun
• Year of publication: 1878
• Publisher: Printing and circulation of Ernest Lambeck
• Number of pages: [2], 240, 16
• Illustrations, maps: ---
• Size: 20 cm
• Binding: publisher's hard half cloth
• Condition: soiling/scuffs of binding
• ISBN: ---

Description:

Second edition, addition multiplied.

"Writing activities, especially letters, are an incredibly important matter in our time. A well-written letter often becomes the foundation of a happier future for the writer, when, on the contrary, a badly, misplaced letter can be the cause of various and unpleasant inconveniences. Although handbooks, commonly known as secretaries, give instructions on how to write letters, almost similar books in Polish are impractical and outdated, or full of errors, and what's more, their price is very high...". (from the introduction)

Very rare!