FERRAND, Antoine François Claude - Histoire des trois démembrements de la Pologne pour faire suite a l'Histoire de l'anarchie de Pologne, par Rulhière. Par l'auteur de l'Ésprit de l'histoire et de la théorie des révolutions. Vol. 1-3. Paris 1820, chez Déterville. 21 cm, pp. [4], XLIV, 494 ; [4], 472 ; [4], 602 ; period binding : psk. with signboards and gilt.
The author (1751-1825) was a French political writer, playwright awarded by the French Academy, and an active politician (he held ministerial posts after the fall of Napoleon). The history of the 3 partitions of Poland shown against the panorama of our history - a comprehensive work by A. F. C. Ferrand, correlating and expanding the knowledge of Polish history in the 18th century contained in Claude C. de Rulhièr's work "Histoire de l'anarchie de Pologne". Deleted foreign stamp, very good condition, striking decorative spine.
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