LACH-SZYRMA - ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND vol. 1-3 [complete in 3 vols.] ed. 1828-29

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LACH-SZYRMA Krystyn

ENGLAND AND SCHOLES

Recollections of the journeys of the year 1823-1824 made

Vol. 1-3 [set in 3 vols.]

Warsaw 1828 - 1829, in Drukarnia Gałęzowskiego i Komp.; pp.1- [12],V, [1], 298; 2 il.; [8], 324, 3 il.; [8], 280, [4], 4 il.; format 12.5x20.5 cm

Krystyn Lach Szyrma (born December 17, 1790 in Wojnasy, died April 21, 1866 in Devonport) - Polish philosopher, writer and publicist, translator, political activist.

His three-volume work England and Scotland. Reminders of travels... (Warsaw, 1828) became very popular and earned him ordinary membership in the Warsaw Society of Friends of Science.

Rare in set. Illustrations - lithographs on separate plates, woodcuts in the text.

HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER. COVERS SURROUNDED BY BLIND-STAMPED BORDERS, FLAT SPINE WITH STRIKING EMBOSSING AND GILDING. HAND-COLORED MARBLED PAPER ON THE COVERS, ALL PAGE EDGES GILT. THE INTERIORS OF THE COVERS FINISHED WITH INTRICATE GILT EMBOSSED STENCILING.

BDB-/ condition of vol.1: lacks preface p. and 1 illustration; vol.3: staining of 3 last pages; rust stains [foxing], BEAUTIFUL COMPLETE.