GLISZCZYŃSKI Michael (transl.); SKAŁKOWSKI (Apollon Aleksandrowicz),
THE IMPORTANCE AND INTERNAL LIFE OF ZAPOROZHYE ACCORDING TO SKALKOWSKY, AND THE MALOROSSIAN HETMANS AND COSSACKS, TO THE TIME OF THE UNION.
With four maps.
Warsaw 1852. published and printed by S. Orgelbrand. Pp. [4], 373, [1], 4 maps in lithographs on separate folding plates, format 14x22.5 cm
Michał Gliszczyński (1814-1874), Polish teacher, expert in universal history and literature, writer and translator; author of numerous summaries and translations from Latin, Russian, German and French.
Pre-inserted 8-page prospectus of the S. Orgelbrand Printing House before the tekest!
HARDCOVER IN FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER, STYLISTICALLY REMINISCENT OF THE LUXURIOUS BINDINGS OF THE PERIOD, FLAT SPINE WITH RICH EMBOSSING AND GILDED TITLING, STRIKING BORDERS ON THE COVERS; MARBLED PAPER COVERS, PAGE EDGES MARBLED. RETAINED PUBLISHER'S BOOKLET COVER
BDB-/exlibris condition on title page, BEAUTIFUL Piece.
