(MALEJOWCE). MONCHABLON Etienne Jean, Dictionnaire abrégé d'antiquités, pour servir à l'intelligence de l'Histoire Ancienne, tant Sacrée que Profane, & à celle des Auteurs Grecs & Latins.

Dictionnaire abrégé d'antiquités, pour servir à l'intelligence de l'Histoire Ancienne, tant Sacrée que Profane, & à celle des Auteurs Grecs & Latins.

Nouvelle edition. Paris 1773. saillant & Nyon, veuve Desaint. 16, pp. IX, [3], 623, [1], period leather binding.
An antique dictionary for understanding ancient history, Greek and Latin authors. Coat-of-arms exlibris on the backstrip: "Ex-Libris Malejowce". Palace in Malejowce, Podolia, built in 1788 by Jan Onufry Orlovsky in Malejowce in the style of Louis XVI. The palace housed a chapel, a library of 7600 works, a numismatic cabinet, one of the largest in the country, created by Archbishop Ignatius Krasicki, and was greatly enlarged by his nephew, Count Ignatius Krasicki. The collection was inherited by his grandson Ignacy Orlowski (1813-1895),[5] son of Rosa of Krasicki Orlowski (1787-1880). Traces of non-moisture, non-scuffs of binding. Good condition.