KALINKA - THE FOUR-YEAR CENTURY SEJM vol. 1-2 [complete in 1 volume].

KALINKA Valeryan

FOUR-YEAR SEJM

[Complete in 1 vol.]

Krakow, 1880. circulation and fonts of the printing house of "Czas",pp. 583, 255; format 15x21.5 cm

The main work of Walerian Kalinka (born November 20, 1826 in Cracow, died December 16, 1886) - Polish clergyman, historian, founder of the Polish Province of the Resurrectionists. "Sejm Czteroletni" is to this day the best source study of the history of the Four-Year Sejm, preceding the disappearance of the Republic from the maps of Europe. The author presents the figure of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski in a favorable light as a person trying to repair the system in unfavorable political conditions. He left the work unfinished, interrupting it in the course of analyzing the May 3 Constitution, which he evaluated positively with reservations: "A state disrupted by more than a century of anarchy, unable to govern itself or defend itself, proved capable of improvement, capable of standing on its own strength, as long as it was not disturbed by its neighbors.

HARDCOVER FULL LEATHER CONTEMPORARY REFERRING IN STYLE TO THE EXQUISITE BINDINGS OF THE PERIOD. SPINES WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING AND GILDING. COVERS SURROUNDED BY BLIND EMBOSSED BORDER. LINING AND PAGE EDGES MARBLED.

Condition BDB-/ traces of stamps at the beginning of vol.1, stamps in vol.2, nevertheless a VERY BEAUTIFUL piece.