Come on Leonard
LA POLOGNE
Historique, littéraire, monumentale et illustrée ou Scenes historiques, monuments, médailles, [...].
réd. par une Société de littérateurs ; sous la dir. de Léonard Chodzko.
Deuxieme Edition
Au Bureau Central, Paris 1842, [4], 472, 46k. plates illustr., format 20 x 29 cm
A book of legend, a monumental one-volume Paris edition of a centuries-old work dealing with Poland and its affairs, illustrated with 46 plates in intaglio and aquatint containing famous historical figures and scenes, views of cities and buildings, Polish coins and medals, fascimiles of manuscripts, including a particularly noteworthy line-colored plan of the Battle of Kliszów in aquatint and also a line-colored fold-out map of Poland from the Northern War.
HARDCOVER SEMI LEATHER FROM THE PERIOD, IMPRESSIVE SPINE WITH INTRICATE EMBOSSING, GILT AND RAISED SCROLLS, PAGE EDGES DECAYED
Condition BDB-/ rubbed binding edges, ex-libris pasted on front pastedown, very few rust spots, BEAUTIFUL piece
