Pologne par M. Charles Forster [L'univers histoire et description de tous les peuples POLOGNE] / Poland by M. Charles Forster [ Histoire et description de tous les peuples POLOGNE ], Paris 1840, Typographie Firmin Didot Freres, f. 13.5 x 21.5cm, pp. 348, plates with engravings 55 [set] , RARE
on plates, among others. Cracow, Wieliczka, Sigismund's Column in Warsaw, Royal Łazienki, Malbork, Kalisz, Czestochowa, monuments of Mieczyslaw I, Boleslaw Chrobry, Wladyslaw Jagiello, portraits of kings Sigismund I, Stefan Batory, Sigismund III Vasa, Wladyslaw IV, Jan III Sobieski, Copernicus monument, amphitheater in Łazienki, portrait of Józef Poniatowski, Hetman Chodkiewicz and many others showing Polish history
on the inside front cover pastedown exlibris on which under the crown of counts , a shield supported by two lions standing on their hind legs, under the shield a ribbon with the inscription "Recte et Tenaciter"
very good condition - hardcover, half leather, 5-panel spine with gilt titling
