[IWANOWSKI Eustachy Antoni] - Matka Boska na Jasnej Górze Częstochowskiej Królowa Korony Polskiej. Pamiątka z pielgrzymki odbytej roku pańskiego 1848 przez Eu...go Helleniusz [pseud.]. Paris 1852, Polish Bookstore. 8, pp. [4], 283, [1], plate 1. clothbound.
Edges of pages yellowed, small tear to edge of first page, two plates missing, including one by C. Norwid (replaced by contemporary copies). Ex-libris and stamp. T. Gackowski-Achmatowicz, Canada. History of the Jasna Gora monastery and image, Marian cult, Polish Catholicism. At the end interesting "Travel Notes" containing descriptions of Hrubieszow, Chelm, Sandomierz, Zamosc and the Holy Cross Monastery. On the surviving original intaglio panel, the scene of the painting's elevation to Czestochowa.
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