CREATE TABLE table_204_549 (id NUMBER, "series\ number" CLOB, "key" CLOB, "composed" CLOB, "published" CLOB, "opus no." CLOB, "brown" CLOB, "kobylanska" CLOB, "chominski" CLOB, "dedication" CLOB, "notes" CLOB)

14-17 was published in 1836 . when was the previous one published ?
SELECT "published" FROM table_204_549 WHERE id = (SELECT id FROM table_204_549 WHERE "series\nnumber" = '14-17') - 1
SELECT "published" FROM "table_204_549" WHERE "id" = (SELECT "id" FROM "table_204_549" WHERE "series\nnumber" = '14-17') - 1