ZALESKI, Antoni - Warsaw Society : letters to a friend [Part 1] / by Baroness X. Y. Z. 2nd ed...

ZALESKI, Antoni - Warsaw Society : letters to a friend. [Part 1] / by Baroness X. Y. Z. 2nd edition, revised, corrected and greatly expanded by the author. Cracow 1888, J. K. Żupański, K. J. Neumann. 19 cm, pp. 296, [3] ; binding contemporary. : pp.
Famous book in its time (2 vols. in total) published under a pseudonym in order to avoid identification of the author by the Russian censors (without success), in which Antoni Zaleski (1858-1895) - writer and publicist, depicted, often in a distorting mirror, the Warsaw elite. Offered vol. contains extensive chapters : The Castle and its inhabitants, Russians in Warsaw, Our Consuls, Social life of Warsaw. Stamped, very good condition.