[THE IMAGE OF POLAND AND POLISH IN THE EIGHTH CENTURY] ARCHIVES OF TAUGUST II, or a collection of official acts from the reign of that monarch; MATERIALS FOR THE HISTORY OF STANISŁAW LESZCZYŃSKI KING OF POLAND 1841-1843, 3 vols.

THE IMAGE OF POLAND AND POLAND IN THE XVIII. CENTURY

or

a collection of memoirs, diaries, public correspondence, private letters, journeys and detailed descriptions of events

serving

to explain the state of poland in the century mentioned, published from manuscripts

by

Edward Raczynski

3 vols:

Seventeenth and eighteenth volumes

contains:

THE SECRET ARCHIVES OF AUGUST II collection of official acts from the reign of this monarch. Translated from French and German originals

COURT LIFE OF POLAND AND POLAND AT THE COURT OF THE KINGS OF THE HOUSE OF SAXONY IN POLAND AND SAXONY

MEMORIES OF KS. PSTROKOŃSKI, canon of the cathedral of Gniezno

In Wroclaw 1843-4, published by Zygmunt Schletter, pp. 278; 199, 58; format 11x17cm

Volume thirteen

MATERYAŁY DO HISTORYI STANISŁAWA LESZCZYŃSKIEGO KRÓLA POLSKI

from the originals in French and Latin

translated by Konstancja Hrabina Raczynska, Jozefa Hr. Radolinska, Jozef Morawski and Roman Ziolecki

Poznan 1841, in Drukarnia na Garbarach, p.281; fromat 10x16,7cm

Two collections of sources concerning the history of Poland in the first half of the 18th century, published by Count Edward Raczynski(1786-1845), Napoleonic soldier, bibliophile, social activist, meritorious for saving national memorabilia, founder of the Raczynski Library in Poznan.

Item 1 Sources on the reign of King Stanislaw Leszczynski come from both domestic and foreign archives. They include letters, excerpts from diaries and various documents.

Item 2. Translation of files from the Secret Archives of August II, which was done by Constance Countess Raczynska, Countess Józefa Radolinska, Matilda Ziolecka and Count Bernard Potocki.

Rare!

HARDCOVER DARK GREEN HALF LEATHER OF THE PERIOD, MARBLED PAPERBOARD, SOFT BOOKLET COVERS PRESERVED, PAGE EDGES DECAYED

BDB condition- minor rubbing of edges, FEW pieces

Felix Habrowski's ownership signature.