ZAWADZKI Władysław, Grody polskie.

Grody polskie.

Historical description for adolescents by Wladyslaw Zawadzki. Decorated with 6 engravings colorfully lithographed. Lvov 1866, published by Karol Wild. Printed by L. K. Zamarski in Vienna. 8 [large], pp. 285 [3], 6 plates in color lithographs, old introlig. binding, both pages of the cover preserved, marbled inner board.
Good condition, foxed parts of pages, no. trace of flooding, no rubbing of covers, minimal corner loss. Contents: Gniezno, Cracow, Czestochowa, Warsaw, Warsaw environs, Funerals, reception and coronations of Polish kings, Vilnius, Lvov, Kiev. The lithographs, made at Zamarski's workshop in Vienna, show the Cathedral Church in Gniezno, the Cloth Hall in Cracow, the Iron Gate in Warsaw, the Cathedral Church in Vilnius, the Boim Chapel in Lviv and the Golden Gate in Kiev. Item dedicated to "Dear Władzio Szajnosze by his father's old friend". On the front card a handwritten secondary ded. dated 1927. Item extremely rare, especially in this state of preservation .