Czapska Maria- Ludwika Sniadecka [biography of a Polish activist from the Ottoman Empire].

Rome 1946/ Polski Dom Wydawniczy/ second edition/ publisher's binding, booklet/15.5x21cm/s.259/ black and white photographs, embellishments in text/ good condition, rubbing of binding, minor losses of spine veneer

Richly illustrated biography of Ludwika Sniadecka (1802-1866), youthful love of Juliusz Słowacki, Muslim wife of Michał Czajkowski (Sadyk-pasha), active Polish activist in Turkey. Together with her husband, she was involved in the establishment of Adampol, a Polish settlement near Istanbul. She is buried there.