SKAŁKOWSKI, Adam Mieczysław - For the bow of the Legions. Lvov 1912, Gubrynowicz and Son Bookstore. 22 cm, pp. [4], 306, [1], IX, [1] ; period binding : pp.
5 works by the eminent historian (1877-1951), comprising the habilitation dissertation of A. M. Skałkowski at the University of Lviv, devoted to the profiles and fate of Poles of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, primarily the Napoleonic era and the November Uprising, including the Legions of Jan Henryk Dabrowski, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, his visions of regaining independence and his attitude toward Napoleon, Gen. Ludwik Pac (1778-1835), but also lesser-known Polish officers and emigrants..., numerous extensive footnotes and source citations, the whole erudite, but also written in a lively, engaging language. Slight rubbing of the binding, private stamp. : Dabrowski, very good condition.
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