POTOCKI, Stanisław Kostka - Pochwały, mowy y rozprawy Stanisława hrabi Potockiego, senator wojewody...

POTOCKI, Stanisław Kostka - Pochwały, mowy y rozprawy Stanisława hrabi Potockiego, senator wojewody, Ministra Wyznań Religiynych i Oświecenia Narodowego [...], kawalera orderów polskich etc.. Cz. 1. Warsaw 1816, outl. by Zawadzki and Węcki. 18 cm, pp. [6], X, 460 ; period binding : card. with gilt.
On the front cover dedication-award : "Moribus et diligentiae Iohannis Flindt in examine publico Lycei Varsaviensis Die 16. Octobris 1817". Stanislaw Kostka Potocki (1755-1821) was a leading figure of the Polish Enlightenment, a graduate of the Collegium Nobilium, a member of the Patriotic Party at the Four-Year Sejm, a participant in the war with Russia in 1792, a senator-voyager of the Duchy of Warsaw, an outstanding speaker and publicist. The book contains, among other things, praises of Ignacy Krasicki and Grzegorz Piramowicz, "Praise of the Brave Poles in the 1809 voyna," "Speech at the deposition in the Wilanów Tomb of the body of Ign. Potocki", at the end "Funeral eulogy of Joseph Prince Poniatowski". Cover tattered (with abrasions and loss of paper veneer on spine), but solid, "tight", trace of ex-libris, errors in pagination, block in more than good condition. Signature on title page : Włodzimierz Drzewiecki.