RAWITA-GAWROŃSKI Franciszek
STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IN THE YEAR 1863
The work awarded the first prize at the contest of the Committee 1863-1913.
Lvov 1913 , Printed in fonts of the printing house ''PRASA'' in Lvov, Outlay of the Committee 1863- 1913, pp. 147 [3], numerous illustrations in the text, 14.5x20.5 cm
Contents:
1. Preliminary glance at the period before the uprising
2. Before the uprising. Hopes. Reality. Mood explosions. The nation and the guides. Organization.
3. uprising. Kingdom, Lithuania, Ruthenia. Participation of Galicia. Attempts to help from other sides.
4. national government. Nature of the uprising. Politics. Consequences
Illustrated monograph on the January Uprising written by Franciszek Rawita-Gawronski (1846-1930) - historian of the eastern borderlands of the Republic, novelist, participant of the January Uprising imprisoned in Kiev.
HARDCOVER, ON THE FRONT GILT TITULATURE AND TRIPARTITE CREST OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND FROM THE TIME OF THE UPRISING, INCLUDING EAGLE, CHASE OF LITHUANIA, BUST OF MARIA CZESTOCHOWSKA AND ARCHANGEL MICHAEL HOLDING TWO NAKED SWORDS, ALL TOPPED WITH ROYAL CROWN, BELOW A RIBBON WITH PATRIOTIC MOTTO: "GOD, SAVE POLAND", VERY IMPRESSIVE FRONT WITH PATRIOTIC ELEMENTS
Condition DB+/ minor rubbing of the cloth at the edges, minor staining of the cover, minor ink stains on the front cover.
