Michała Grabowskiego i Apollona Skalkowskiego Historyczny obraz miasta Odessy

Abstract

The article focuses on the book by Apollon Skałkowski (1808-1899), entitled Участие Одессы в подвигах на поприще наук, отечественной истории и словесности (Odessa 1842). The appearance of this work mobilized Michał Grabowski (1804-1863), a 19th-century Polish novelist and literary critic, to prepare its summary in Polish and – with a preface – to publish it in the Vilnius magazine "Athenaeum" (1843, Vol. II, pp. 118-150), under the title Historyczny obraz miasta Odessy według pana Skalkowskiego (The Historical Image of the City of Odessa According to Mr. Skalkowski). This article presents Michał Grabowski's text in a scientific edition and with a foreword by Łukasz Zabielski, after modernization (contemporisation) of the spelling according to the Polish publishing standard, valid for texts from the 19th century.