Editing Polish proverbs (section)

== Polish paremiology ==
[[File:Samuel_-_Adalberg_-_Księga_przysłów.djvu|page=3|thumb|Title page of the late 19th century Samuel Adalberg's ''Księga przysłów polskich'', recognized as one of the landmark works in Polish paremiology.]]
The first known Polish author interested in proverbs was the poet [[Biernat of Lublin]], who in 1522 published a collection of them titled ''{{ill|Żywot Ezopa Fryga|pl|Żywot Ezopa Fryga}}, mędrca obyczajnego i z przypowieściami jego'' (The life of [[Aesop]] the [[Phrygia|Phrygian]], a Decent Sage, and with His Parables).<ref name=":3" /> The first Polish scholar of paremiology was {{ill|Salomon Rysiński|pl|Salomon Rysiński}} (Solomone Rysinio), who in 1618 published the first known Polish work dedicated solely to collecting and discussing proverbs (''Proverbiorum polonicorum a Salomone Rysino collectorum Centuriae decem et octo''). This work, first published in Latin, but subsequently in Polish (''Przypowieści polskie, przez Salomona Rysińskiego zebrane, a teraz nowo przydane i na wielu miejscach poprawione'', 1620<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Grześkowiak|first=Radosław|date=2019|title=Dawne krakowskie edycje pierwszej księgi przysłów polskich - 2. Paremiografi czny warsztat Stanisława Serafi na Jagodyńskiego|url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=896148|journal=Terminus|language=Polish|volume=21|issue=50 (1)|pages=1–39|issn=2082-0984}}</ref>), collected over 1,800 proverbs which, according to the author, were "of Polish origin".<ref name=":3" /> In 1632, [[Grzegorz Knapski]], a Polish [[Jesuit]], published an even larger collection (in volume three of his ''Thesaurus Polono-Latino-Graecus''), with over 6,000 collected proverbs.<ref name=":3" /> In 1658 Polish writer [[Andrzej Maksymilian Fredro]] published another collection of proverbs, ''Przysłowia mów potocznych albo przestrogi obyczajowe, radne, wojenne'', which was said to have been widely popular in contemporary Poland.<ref name=":3" />

The 19th century saw the first work dedicated more to analyzing the proverbs and their history than solely collecting them, the ''Przysłowia narodowe, z wyjaśnieniem źródła, początku oraz sposobu ich użycia, okazujące charakter, zwyczaje i obyczaje, przesądy, starożytności i wspomnienia ojczyste'' (1830) of {{ill|Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki|pl|Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki}}.<ref name=":3" /> Other early works on Polish paremiology were published in the 19th century by [[Oskar Kolberg]] and [[Samuel Adalberg]], the latter publishing a collection of over 30,000 Polish proverbs (''Księga przysłów, przypowieści i wyrażeń przysłowiowych polskich'' - The Book of Polish Proverbs - 1889–1894).<ref name=":3" /> Adalberg's work was praised as "the first modern work on this topic in Polish"<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=YIVO {{!}} Adalberg, Samuel|url=http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Adalberg_Samuel|access-date=2019-06-03|website=www.yivoencyclopedia.org}}</ref> and "the most extensive collection ever made in this field".<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Adalberg, Samuel {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/adalberg-samuel|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-03|website=Encyclopaedia Judaica}}</ref> The early 20th century saw further scholarly analysis of Polish proverbs by scholars such as [[Aleksander Brückner]] and [[Jan Stanisław Bystroń]], the latter known as "the father of modern Polish paremiology", and the author of the monograph simply titled ''Przysłowia polskie'' (Polish proverbs, 1933).<ref name=":3" /> After [[World War II]], significant contributions to the field of Polish paremiology were carried out by [[Julian Krzyżanowski]].<ref name=":3" /> He was the editor of the largest and most reputable collection of Polish proverbs to date,<ref name=":3" /> ''Nowa księga przysłów i wyrażeń przysłowiowych polskich'' (New Book of Polish Proverbs and Proverbial Expressions, also known as ''Nowa Księga przysłów polskich'', A New Book of Polish Proverbs, published in several volumes in the years 1969–1978), dubbed the "bible of Polish proverbs".<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> Despite the proliferation of similar works in later years, in 2012 his work was still described as "the most comprehensive" of its type in Poland.<ref name=":3" /> Other notable modern Polish paremiologists include {{ill|Tomasz Jurasz|pl|Tomasz Jurasz}}, [[Dobrosława Świerczyńska]], {{ill|Katarzyna Kłosińska|pl|Katarzyna Kłosińska}}, {{ill|Jerzy Bralczyk|pl|Jerzy Bralczyk}} and [[Władysław Kopaliński]].<ref name=":3" />

In 2009–2018 alone, 16 collections of proverbs aimed at young readers were published in Poland; many addressed to a mass audience are of varying  quality.<ref name=":2" />