KOCHOWSKI Wespazjan
HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF JANA KAZIMIERZ
From Klimaktery (...) by a contemporary translator, abridged into Polish.
Edited from manuscript in 1840 by Edward Raczynski. Now corrected according to the original and reprinted
Volumes 1-3 (complete in 2vol.)
Poznan 1859, edited and typeset by N.Kamienski & Co, frontispiece (lithograph), k. [2], p. 369; k. [2], p. 314, k. [2], p. 250, l.[2];,format 12.5x20 cm,
Announced anonymously excerpts from the chronicle work of Vespasian Kochowski - historian and poet of the Polish Baroque, the most typical representative of Sarmatian philosophy and literature, member of the Sejm, author of the famous Climaxes. The text was prepared by Count Edward Raczynski - Napoleonic soldier, bibliofi l, meritorious for saving national memorabilia, founder of the Raczynski Library in Poznan.
Uncommon!
HARDCOVER SEMI LEATHER FROM THE EPOCH, SPINES WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING AND GILT, MARBLED CARDBOARD, PAGE EDGES MARBLED
Condition DB/ rubbing and small losses of paper of covers, few discolorations of paper, stamps on title page, exlibris on facing page, nicely preserved spine ends
