Anna Countess Potocka Memoirs 1-2t. With a preface by Piotr Chmielowski. Warsaw 1898, first Polish edition Granowski and Sikorski Printing House Library of Selected Works ; no. 32 On p. tit. cryptonym of translator, name of translator: Jadwiga Chmielowska. Estr. XIX (for the years 1881-1900), Vol. 3, p. 426. 150, 158, [2] s. o. prewar, half-tone Card trims marbled pp. db+binding rubbing, minor stains, stamps of Franciszek Próchnicki For. ca: 17.5x12.5 cm First Polish edition of the entire diaries of "Annette" Anna Maria Potocka née Tyszkiewicz (1779-1867), daughter of Konstancja Poniatowska, niece of King Stas, raised at the court of Izabela Branicka in Bialystok. The memoirs describe the years of the countess' youth, her meeting with Napoleon or her trip to France. The memoirs are an important source for the Napoleonic era in Poland. |