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[CHOPIN'S LETTERS IN POLISH] Listy Fryderyka Chopina do Jana Białobłockiego / oprac. Stanisław Pereświet-Sołtan [i.e. Letters of Frederic Chopin to Jan Białobłocki / compiled by S. Pereswiet-Soltan].

Chopin, Frederic F.

Warsaw: Zwiazek Nar. Polskej Młodz. Akad. 1926. Item #107

[4], 80 pp., [3] tabl.: ill. 21x16 cm. Added title page in French (Lettres de Frederic Chopin a Jean Bialoblocki). Original publisher’s printed wrappers. Few tears of the spine. Otherwise a near fine copy.

First edition of Frederic Chopin’s (1810-1849) letters to his close friend Jan Bialoblocki (c. 1806-1828). Chopin knew Bialoblocki from the days when his father let rooms to the students of the Warsaw Lyceum where he was a Professor of French. The two remained friends even after Bialoblocki graduated from the Warsaw University (he studied painting). During a summer holidays Frederic paid a several visits to Jan. He was the addressee of many composer’s letters during all his life. These letters revealed a lot of details of Chopin’s personal life, work, travels, opinions, et al.

Price: $250.00