BOBRZYŃSKI Michał - Dzieje Polski w zarysie [first edition 1879].

Warsaw 1879, published by Gebethner and Wolff. 14.5x21.5 cm, pp. 495, half leather binding of the period. Good condition (rubbing of the binding, minor rubbing of the leather on the spine, cracks on the covers, single delicate rust stains).

First edition of a cross-sectional history of Poland, from its beginnings to 1773. Contents include: Slavic peoples and tribes. The beginnings of Poland. Mieczyslaw and Boleslaw Chrobry build the original Polish state. Poland is reborn on the basis of a new social and political system. Lokietek and Kazimierz the Great erect a new state structure. The nobility grasps the reigns of Lithuania and rebukes the Teutonic Knights. Zbigniew Oleśnicki leads Polish rule in an ecclesiastical direction. Kazimierz Jagiellon breaks the privileges of the states. Olbracht and Alexander transform Poland with the help of the nobility. The weak and short-sighted policy of Sigismund I loses the nation's historical mission and produces anarchy. Reformation. The nobility falls in its struggle against anarchy to repair the Republic. Sigismund III squanders the fruits of Stefan Batory's great work. Wrong external policy leads Poland to lose political importance in Europe. Russia's predominance. Complete anarchy ends with the first partition of the country.