Set comprising two works, jointly bound in a single volume:
- Address of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland to the Poles (Odezwa do Polaków), London 1850.
- Presentation of a Medal in Memory of the late Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, London 1859.
Prints connected with the activities of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, a London-based organization active in the first half of the 19th century in support of the Polish cause, and with the posthumous commemoration of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart (1803–1854), a British parliamentarian and one of its leading activists.
The copy comes from the book collection of Lech Kokociński, Honorary President of the Polish Numismatic Society. Provenance confirmed by an ex libris placed on the inner side of the front cover.
The book is bound in a contemporary, artistic binding by Marek Hoffman, signed with hot stamping:
“INTR. M. HOFFMAN” – on the inner side of the back cover.
Binding:
- full leather, dyed leather
- front cover with stamped, gilt title lettering and medallions
- smooth spine, gilt, with title lettering
Format: 19 × 27.5 cm
Extent: 59 pages
