WINCENTY SKRZETUSKI
POLITICAL LAW OF THE POLISH NATION
T. 1-2 (complete in 2 vols.)
Warsaw 1782-4, in Drukarnia J. K. Mci i Rzeczypospolitej u XX. Scholarum Piarum, pp. [12] 405; [4] 432, format: 11.5x18 cm
HARDCOVER HETEROGENEOUS HALF LEATHER OF THE PERIOD
Historical compendium of Polish political law based on Lengnich's work, taking into account the development of Polish legislation under Stanislaw August Poniatowski.
Includes information on the provinces of the Kingdom of Poland, the government, the king and his prerogatives, the state of knighthood and the offices of the knightly state, secular and clerical offices, the Sejm and Sejmiks, the treasury of the Republic, etc.
The work of Wincenty of St. Kalasanty (or Bartholomew) Skrzetuski (1745-1791), historian,
political writer promoting Enlightenment views, author of textbooks commissioned by
Society for Elementary Books. Cover: brown fawn, spine of vol. 2 with embossing. and gilt decorations.
Ownership stamps. K. tit. vol. 2 in contemporary copy. Defects of leather binding, in vol. 1 losses and abrasions
of spine. Edges of part of k. reinforced, traces of dampness in places. Good condition.
DB condition/ rubbed spines, rubbed covers, k.tyt. in vol. 2 in copy, reinforced edges of parts of k., soiling of pages and traces of dampness