THE ADVENTURE OF CHILDREN. Weekly magazine with engravings, devoted to the study and amusement of children. Lvov. 1849. from the printing house of the Ossoliński National Institute. Editor. Franciszek Ksawery Beldowski. 8. ppb. of period.
R. 1, part 2, nos. 27-52: 4 I-28 VI 1849. each issue vol. ca. 8 p.
Covers somewhat rubbed and soiled, last page missing in no. 27, soiling and yellowing of paper inside, confused pagination. Woodcuts in the text. Own stamp. Main sections:
- Religion (among others: Moses at the well. Divine miracles. David the shepherd. Goliath the giant).
- Natural sciences (among others: Structure of the animal body. Man. The orangutan. About lightning and thunder)
- Description of the earth (among others: Francya. Spain. Great Britain. East Indies)
- Historya (among others: Rise of Russia and Prussia. The division of Poland. Napoleon as leader, consul, emperor, dies in exile)
- Short history of Poland (among others, Stanislaw Leszczynski. Augustus III. Polish legions in Italy. The Duchy of Warsaw. Uprising of 29 Nov. 1830 r.)
- Novels
- Moral poems.
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