| Abstract [eng] |
Only one possible case of a contrafaction of the period 1795– 1864 is mentioned in the first volume of Lithuanian retrospective bibliography of Lithuanian books (Lietuvos TSR bibliografija. Serija A : Knygos lietuvių kalba). These are the repeated editions of the publication About teetotalers‘ brotherhood (Apej brostwą błaiwistes) by a bishop Motiejus Valančius. They appeared in 1860 and 1861, and could be printed not in Klaipėda as the title page indicates, but in Vilnius printing house of J. Zawadzkis. There is no one final opinion about this fact and the article returns to the publishing history of the book by Valančius, because it is important for establishing the beginning of the book relations between Great Lithuania and Lithuania Minor. Usually it is linked to the publishing of the above-mentioned book in Klaipėda. We agree with the arguments produced by Kazimieras Gečys and dispute other opinions by proving that About teetotalers’ brotherhood (Apej brostwą błaiwistes) was published in 1860 and 1861 in Vilnius enterprise owned by J. Zawadzkis, not in Klaipėda’s E. Vaikinas company. The new arguments are based on the archival material of J. Zawadzkis enterprise, published correspondence of book workers and investigation de visu of the remaining copies of the publication and the analysis of types. The article concludes that there is a definite proof that publications of 1860 and 1861 are contrafactions of the first half of the 19th century. They have appeared under the conditions and factors that demonstrate an opposition to the censorship rules. This opposition served as a model that influenced the behavior of book workers after 1864 and was used from the beginning of the ban on Lithuanian press. If About teetotalers‘ brotherhood (Apej brostwą błaiwistes) repeated editions appeared in Vilnius then the beginning of book relations between Great Lithuania and Lithuania Minor has to be moved to the later date after the year 1864... |
