KOŹMIAN - PISMA DMOCHOWSKI Lvov 1843 Napoleon

KOŹMIAN Andrzej Edward

WRITINGS

by Franciszek Edward DMOCHOWSKI

A former chevalier in the armies of five different powers,

now a tailor in Przemyśl

published for the benefit of the Author

Lviv 1843, in Printing House of Piotr Piller, pp. XIV, [4], 221, format 12x18cm

Memoirs from the Napoleonic era [and minor literary works] by Franciszek Wiktor Dmochowski
(1780-about 1850), military officer, veteran of theNapoleonic wars , Przemysl craftsman and writer from the impoverished Mazovian nobility. Thewritings werepublished from manuscript by Andrzej Edward Koźmian (1804-1864) - poet, writer, publisher and bibliophile - as a result of a rather accidental visit to Dmochowski's tailor's workshop in Przemyśl.

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HARDCOVER HALF-LEATHER BINDING, ORIGINAL FACINGS, CONTEMPORARY SPINE, EXCHANGED BINDINGS, STAINED PAGE EDGES

Condition BDB-/ paraphrase and stamps on title and front cover, minor paper browning