Born 1744 or 1749 Kiev Voivodeship, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now in Ukraine) Occupation Historian, writer, translator Died 30 November 1822, Warsaw, Poland | ||
Wojciech Wincenty Wielądko ([ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx vʲinˈt͡sɛntɨ vʲɛˈlɔntkɔ]; 1734/39–1822) was a Polish historian, poet, playwright, translator, lexicographer and food writer. He is best known for his work on Polish heraldry entitled Heraldyka, czyli opisania familii i krwi związku szlachty polskiej i Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego z ich herbami (Heraldry, or Description of the Families and Kinship of the Nobility of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with their Coats of Arms), as well as for his translation from French of Menon's cookbook La Cuisinière bourgeoise, first published in 1783 as Kucharz doskonały (The Perfect Cook).
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