Chłędowski Kazimierz, Ostatni Walezyusze. Czasy Odrodzenia we Francyi, ed. by Gebethner and Wolff Warsaw, Lublin, Łódź, Poznań; G. Gebethner, Kraków. (Printed by W.L. Anczyc, Krakow), 1920, 1st edition, p. 442, dimensions 16 x 23.5 cm. 28 engravings outside the text - complete. Publisher's cloth binding with gilt on spine. Soiling, rubbing of the cover.
The last book by K. Chlędowski (1843-1920) - extremely popular before the Second World War writer, satirist, historian, cultural researcher, and popularizer of Italian culture, minister for Galicia. One of the main historical monographs covering the times of the Renaissance in France. A large chapter devoted to Henry III and his reign in Poland.