Letter from Irena Krońska written in 16.07.1954

Author Irena Krońska

Category incoming correspondence, Polish researchers in Roman Ingarden's correspondence

Archive Archive of Science PAN in Cracow

Date of creation 16.07.1954

Reference code in archive K_III-26_D_34

Resource type letter

Subject matter publication issues, translations

Field philosophy

Tags #? Głodkiewicz, #? Mianowska, #"Critique of Pure Reason", #Białka, #contract, #Critique of Judgment, #Danuta Gierulanka, #Editorial Committee of the Library of Classics of Philosophy, #editorial work, #Emil Adler, #financial issues, #footnotes, #Immanuel Kant, #Irena Krońska, #Jerzy Gałecki, #Kritik der Urteilskraft, #Library of Classics of Philosophy, #Polish philology, #scientific publications, #translation issues, #translations #remuneration

c EDITORIAL COMMITTEE c c c c c c c Warsaw, 7/16/1954
of the Library of Classics of Philosophy
c c c Warsaw
cKrakowskie Przedmieście St. 79

Honorable
c prof. Roman Ingarden

L.dz.301/LCP/54 c c c c c c c c c c c c Białka n/Nowy Targ
c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c Głodkiewicz Family House

c c c Dear and Honorable Professor,

c c c yesterday I received your letter from 7/13/1954. There are a lot of issues raised in it, so I will answer in points:

Ad 1 and 2 After calculating the volume Critique has turned out to be 42 author’s sheets long /and not 39, as the contract stated/, so 90% of the royalties amounts to more than the sum of the advances paid so far, and you will receive the compensation /PLN 4 350/ within the next few days. As for the footnotes, it is difficult to calculate them by volume /the smaller the footnote, the more difficult it usually is to prepare/. I think that this matter should be arranged in such a way that the work on the footnotes and revision of the translation are treated as editorial work – at the rate of PLN 150 per 1 author’s sheet of the Kantian text. This way, the entire additional remuneration would come up to about PLN 6 000; I think that by the end of July you should receive Professor the contract, and the 25% advance should arrive in August /approx. PLN 1 500/, and in September, when we receive the rest of the work – you will receive the remaining PLN 4 500. The introduction will be handled separately, maybe after the summer holidays.

c c c Ms. Gierulanka’s invoice will be covered immediately and you will receive the PLN 220 together with the next payment, so within about 10 days.

Ad 4 As we have an agreement, we will prepare a translation contract for Gałecki for Kritik der Urteilskraft. Gałecki wrote again regarding certification and stamp matters, it is very complicated, quite difficult to understand really. I cannot give him a certificate that states no children will live in the room besides him. That would make our other colleagues entitled to request certificates from us to present to their wives. What a complete drag he is! – As for prof. Adler, he knows German very well, but I have not talked to him and I do not know if he will take the job.

Ad 3 Mianowska, PhD is currently on vacation, and I do not know if she is coming back before I leave. Maybe I will leave her a message that she should leave both things for me – I will read them in September – would that be fine? There were no substantive reasons. The plan to publish such a volume basically goes beyond the editorial profile of Polish philology, and I think that the concept itself was not yet mature.

XXX XXX all.

Wishing you beautiful weather and good rest
my deepest respect
and cordial greetings