Miklaszewski Jozef. Rys histori polskiey od wzniesienie się monarchii aż do ostatniego upadku i rozbioru kraju, z trzema herbami, wizerunkami królów, z sześcią mappami, i obrazem Polski. Edycya czwarta. Warsaw 1829. published by the author. In Drukarnia J. Węckiego, pp. XXXII, 478, eng. with portraits of kings 3 (illus. lithographs), eng. with coats of arms 2 (lithographs), maps 6 (illus. lithographs), genealog. tabl. 3 (ill.), finials 3 (woodcuts), 16.5 cm, period half leather binding.
History of Poland guided from the era of the Piasts until the fall of the Republic. On three fold-out plates 42 portraits of Polish rulers and kings. Six fold-out maps depict: "Poland under Mieczyslaw r. 990," "Poland under Boleslaw W. r. 1025", "Lechia between the sons of the Wrymouth divided r. 1139", "Poland and Lithuania for Casimir W. and Olgierd", "Poland during the reign of Wladyslaw IV", "Poland during the reign of Stanislaw August Poniatowski". On two boards the coats of arms of Poland under the Piasts and Jagiellons. On the genealogical tables, genealogies of the Piast princes and kings, Lithuanian princes and Polish kings of the Jagiellonian lineage, and a table of elected kings. A summary map is missing. Binding tattered, paper soiling and margin tears in places, on pp. 430-478 insect marks with slight loss of text. Good condition overall, rare.