PAMIĘTNIKI PANA KAMERTONA, volumes I - III (complete in 3 vols.) - Leon Potocki, Poznan 1869, first edition, published by Jan Konst. Żupański bookstore, f. 14 x 23cm, pp. XII, 326, [1], VII, 300, [1], 246, [1], RARE
original publisher's booklet covers retained, covers with loss and tears on spine loose front and back, blocks of all three parts loose with single pages loose, otherwise center in good condition, all covers wrapped in paper
INCLUDES:
part I:
1. On the origins of the Lithuanian nation. A glance at Lithuania as it was forty years ago and as it is today.
2. Departure from Riga. Comparison of a Kurland inn with a Samogitian inn. An evening in Mitava. Precinct. Steam sailing. The priest Syxtus. Inventories. After mass at the rectory. The story of the parish priest, the recruit, wedding rites in pagan and present times. The kindness of the Zhmudian people.
3. is Lithuania an agricultural or industrial country ? About Antoni tyzenhau, court treasurer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Panevėžys. Melomania. Drunk with Sycinski. The banks of the Nevaya River. Kiejdany. The red court. Marya.
4. A glance at the influence of foreign countries in us. Kaunas. Pożajście. Adam Mickiewicz a professor in Kaunas.
5. Name day of the lady judge. Miss Telimena brought up in a pensione. Miss Ludwika brought up at home. Dorpat. Supernatural phenomena.
6. a stroll through Kaunas. Pavel Belda's story of the chamberlain.
7. Hunting for statues. Sejmiki. A musical day on the road. Destroyers of antiquity. Robes. Mr. G. Rosienie.
Part II:
1. Trakai.
2. Kernavė, Giedroycie, Vidiniškės, Maišgala, Medniki, Krevo, Oshmyanya, Lida, Jashuny, Verkiai and closer environs of Vilnius.
3 Vilnius.
Part III:
1. Wojtkuszki. Wiłkomierz. Pobojsk. Leonpol. Dziewałtów. Siesiki. Nidoki. Siwiki. Mr. chamberlain. At the home of Mrs. Abelowa. P. Rakowski. Piniany. Surdegi. Uciana. Belmonts. Braclaw. Widze. Novo-Alexandrov. Magnate and aristocrat. Asked evening in Novo-Alexandrovsky district.
2. he and she. Jozef hr. Kossakowski jeneral of the Polish army. Devil.
3. Departure to the national waters. Birże, Poswol. About mineral waters in Kaunas gubernia. Return to Riga on the Sava and Vorna.
4. A few words about Lithuanian Mythology. A glance at Lithuanian-Zhemian literature. About the Ploughman's Association, Kontubrenia called. Sylvester Velenovich.
