PASZKOWSKI [Franciszek] general - History of Tadeusz Kosciuszko the first chief of the Poles. Cracow [1872].

PASZKOWSKI [Franciszek] general - History of Tadeusz Kosciuszko the first chief of the Poles. By the publisher. Cracow 1872.

Format:17x23cm. Pages:352 - should be 357.Binding fawn. initial few pages have brown spots. Annotations and underlining in the text. At the end of the book purchase note dated 1949.

A biography containing many unknown diary elements written by the author, who spent three years in Paris (1801-1804) at Kosciuszko's side, and corresponded later by letter.

Franciszek Maksymilian Paszkowski [1778-1856] - brigadier general of the army of the Duchy of Warsaw, awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari. He graduated with honors from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Lviv. Participant in the Legion Company in 1797-1801, the Napoleonic Wars in 1804-1813 and the November Uprising. Friend, heir and creator of the biography of Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Charitable and educational activist, member of the Cracow Scientific Society.