Leonard Chodzko LA POLOGNE Paris 1839-1841

CHODŹKO Leonard: La Pologne historique, littéraire, monumentale et illustrée,Au Bureau Central. Paris 1839-1841, pp. 472, 29.4x19.5cm

With portrait of the author

An illustrated history of Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Published as a supplement to the three-volume edition of La Pologne.One of the most outstanding émigré works promoting Polish history and culture, it contains numerous color and parti-b. illustrations, depicting portraits of important personalities, buildings, plans, maps, panoramas and views of cities, genre scenes, monuments, tombs, images of numismatics, etc.

Half leather binding of the period