SCHMIDT F. - History of the Polish Kingdom. 1766.

[SCHMIDT Frederick August] - Dzieie Krolestwa Polskiego krotko lat porządkiem opisane, na ięzyk polski przełożony, poprawione i przydatkiem panowania Augusta III pom multipżone. In Warsaw 1766. Nakł. Michał Grel, J.K.MCi Komisarz i Bibliopole. 8, pp. [12], 368, [4], 7. bound in period gilt leather, stained trim.
E.27, 224 (author as Schmid). Minor staining internally, a trace of dampstaining at the corner of a few end pages, good condition. Trace of removed ex-libris. Few handwritten annotations. Spine richly gilded with title signboard. Work dedicated to Adam Czartoryski. "At the top of the dedication a beautiful engraving of an obelisk with an inscription in honor of the prince, signed Albertrandi [it is actually "Albeltrandi"] inv. et del. [...]. The thing arranged with synoptic rubrics" (Estreicher). The first substantive textbook for the study of native history. Estreicher suggests that J. Albertrandy was the translator of the work. At the end "Catalogue of the various books that are always known in the Grelowey księgarnia Nadworna".