Józef Zawadzki (1781–1838) was a Polish pressman, publisher, typographer and

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, one of the most prominent Polish publishers in the 19th century. He was the founder of the Zawadzki Press and was the official publisher of the

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. He published 851 books, mostly in Polish, but also in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Lithuanian.

Biography

Zawadzki was born on March 15 or March 7, 1781, in Koźmin, now

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, Poland. In 1805, he took over the printing press of the

and established his own Zawadzki Press. Until 1828, he was the official printer of the university. In 1810, Zawadzki with J. Węcki opened a branch of his printing house in

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. Zawadzki published works of fiction as well as scientific works. He published ''Historia literatury polskiej'' of

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(1814), ''Poezje'' vol. 1–2 of

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(1822–1823), works of

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and

Jędrzej Śniadecki Jędrzej Śniadecki (archaic Andrew Sniadecki; ; 30 November 1768 – 11 May 1838) was a Polish writer (essayist and satirist), physician, chemist, biologist and philosopher. His achievements include being the first person who linked rickets to ...

, ''Słownik łacińsko-polski'' of Florjan Bobrowski (1822), calendars, music sheets, magazines, textbooks. He was the author of ''Organizacja księgarstwa polskiego'' (1818). Zawadzki's bookstore served as a meeting place of writers and intelligentsia. In 1818, he was a co-founder of Towarzystwo Typograficzne in Vilnius. Starting in 1822, the journal '' Dzieje Dobroczynności Krajowej i Zagranicznej'' was printed by Józef Zawadzki, who was co-opted into the editorial committee that same year. He died on December 17, 1838, in Vilnius and was buried at the Saulė Cemetery.

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