KORCZAK-BRANICKI XAWERY
SLAVIC NATIONALITIES
LETTERS TO W. O GAGARIN S. J.
Paris 1879, Polish Printing House, A. Reiff, pp. [6] 278, format: 14x22.5 cm
Cont.: The original Slavs, Varangian and Tartar Ruthenia, Poland of the Piasts, Casimir king of the peasants, Reformation in Poland, Paul I., Alexander I., Stories of Count Witt, Carevich Konstantin, Nihilism.
HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY DECORATIVE LEATHER. ON THE SPINE CONVEX SCROLLS HIGHLIGHTED WITH DOUBLE BLINDSTAMPED LINE AND GILT TITLING. COVERS SURROUNDED BY GILT LINE, THEN DEEPLY EMBOSSED DECORATIVE BORDER. CARD TRIMS HAND-DYED AND WAXED. LINING PAPER MARBLED IN THE SAME WAY AND LIGHTLY VARNISHED. INNER EDGES OF THE COVERS FINISHED WITH INTRICATE BLIND EMBOSSED SCRAWL.
Condition BDB-/ stamp; doublet of Bibl. Jagiell, small tear to k.tyt., NICE pieces
