O wartości naukowej wydawnictwa źródłowego Lucjana Siemieńskiego „Dziennik prywatny Stanisława Augusta”
On the Scholarly Value of Lucjan Siemieński’s Source Edition ‘Dziennik prywatny Stanisława Augusta’

Summary/Abstract: This study addresses an issue in the history of historiography, known as the ‘dispute over Stanislaus Augustus’. In 1862, a French-language edition of the diary of the last king of Poland, covering the period of his imprisonment in Russia from 1797 to 1798, was published in Leipzig. In the same year, a Polish edition appeared in Krakow, translated by the Romantic poet Lucjan Siemieński. In his literary translation from French into Polish, the writer-publisher added an emotional ‘historical account’ by the author, which was not present in the original version, offering an evaluative assessment of Stanislaus Augustus in the final years of his life. Written in a moralizing tone and riddled with personal biases, this addition significantly compromised the scientific value of the Polish edition of the diary.This study addresses an issue in the history of historiography, known as the ‘dispute over Stanislaus Augustus’. In 1862, a French-language edition of the diary of the last king of Poland, covering the period of his imprisonment in Russia from 1797 to 1798, was published in Leipzig. In the same year, a Polish edition appeared in Krakow, translated by the Romantic poet Lucjan Siemieński. In his literary translation from French into Polish, the writer-publisher added an emotional ‘historical account’ by the author, which was not present in the original version, offering an evaluative assessment of Stanislaus Augustus in the final years of his life. Written in a moralizing tone and riddled with personal biases, this addition significantly compromised the scientific value of the Polish edition of the diary.

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