Wrocław’s episode of a well-known bookseller and publisher Roman Jasielski and his daughter Anna from Stanisławów Cover Image

Wrocławski epizod znanego stanisławowskiego księgarza i wydawcy Romana Jasielskiego i jego córki Anny
Wrocław’s episode of a well-known bookseller and publisher Roman Jasielski and his daughter Anna from Stanisławów

Author(s): Rafał Werszler
Subject(s): History, Library and Information Science, Local History / Microhistory, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna – Książnica Kopernikańska w Toruniu
Keywords: bookstore; the Jasielski family; Wrocław; Pod Złotą Palmą; Rynek 58

Summary/Abstract: Aim: The aim of the article is to show a very interesting episode of a bookseller and publisher from Stanisławów – Roman Jasielski and his daughter Anna, forcibly displaced after the Second World War. On the ground floor of the house Pod Złotą Palmą [English: Under the Golden Palm] in the space after the original Priebatsch bookshop in 1946, Jasielski created one of the first Polish bookshops in Wrocław. Research method: The article was written on the basis of the archival research of source documents, literature on the subject and from the on-site check of the existing building, which is currently the Lower Silesian Public Library under the name of Tadeusz Mikulski in Wrocław. Results/Conclusions: A short stay of Roman Jasielski and his daughter Anna, and at the same time his great passion and commitment for shaping Polish literature have left a significant mark among the bibliophilic communities in Lower Silesia. Their mission enabled the Pod Złotą Palmą house to continue to cultivate the bookselling and publishing tradition with a particular passion for the book. They became a very important link that united the prewar tradition of the history of the building at 58 Rynek in Wrocław with the present-day library.

  • Issue Year: 18/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 89-109
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish