SKARBEK - Kruszewski Ignacy, Memoirs of the year 1830-1831.

Memoirs of the year 1830-1831.

The late General (...) (of Habdank coat of arms) former commander of the 5th regiment of Polish uhlans, during his emigration commander of the light cavalry in the Belgian army, published by his daughter Karolina Grabiańska, née Kruszewska (with a portrait of the Author and strategic plans for the years 1830-1831) in Cracow 1890, second edition by his grandson Kazimierz Skarbek-Kruszewski. Warsaw 1930, with the fonts of Zakł. Graf. P. Szwede. 8, pp. XVI, 205, [2], illustrations and plans in the text and on separate plates (including color and typeset), pp. oryg. binding, gilt lettering on front and spine.
Rubbing of the binding, on the pages in places some minor soiling and browning. Contents include: A glimpse at the years that preceded the 1830 uprising; The Battle of Dobre; The consequences of the Battle of Grochowska; The capture of Tykocin; Emigracy.