Krasiński, J., POLAND, OR A TOPOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL DESCRIPTION OF POLAND IN THE 16TH CENTURY, 1852 [Provenance: ownership inscription “Zygmunt Plater,” “Z.P.” stamp, Hruszniew coat-of-arms seal]

Krasiński, Jan Andrzej (1550–1612)
POLAND, OR A TOPOGRAPHICAL AND POLITICAL DESCRIPTION OF POLAND IN THE 16TH CENTURY
and Materials on the Reign of Henry of Valois
translated, compiled, and annotated by Stanisław Budziński
Warsaw, Stanisław Strąbski’s Printing House, 1852

[6], 250, [7] pp.; 20 cm, period cardboard binding, embossed spine; in good condition, title page and one page in the text have been re-glued; the last page of the “corrections” is missing half, with no damage to the text;

Provenance: 19th-century ownership inscription on the endpaper reading “Zygmunt Plater,” a seal with the initials “Z.P.,” and a ownership mark associated with the Hruszniew estate on the title page. A piece with an interesting aristocratic provenance linked to the Broel-Plater family.

Including: A Account of the Life and Writings of J. Krasiński. Book I: On the Borders of Poland, On the Customs and Origin of the Poles, On the Nobility, On the Polish Commune, On the Sejm in Poland, On the Poles’ Way of Waging War, On the Fertility of the Lands in Poland. Book II: On Lithuania, the Customs, Origin, and Religion of Its Inhabitants, On Ruthenia, On Prussia, On Mazovia, On Samogitia, On Livonia, and Materials on the Reign...: Letters, reports, statements, speeches, and instructions.