A Journey to Darkness. By the Author of The Critical Swindle. In four parts. [Stanislaw Kostka Potocki]. Part 1-2.

Warsaw, published by N. Glücksberg, 1820.

14 cm, pp. [6], XIII, [1], 249, [3]; [4], 225, [3]. Leather binding.

First edition of two volumes of four. Scandalizing anticlerical satirical novel by Stanislaw Kostka Potocki, writer, patron of the arts, politician, freemason, president of the Senate, prominent spokesman for liberalism.

Well-preserved 2 part co-bound, ownership signature on first pre-title page, minor occasional discoloration of pages, corrected typos in text in period ink in several places. Ex. in beautiful classic bibliophilic binding made in the workshop of Antykwariat Polski.