PRUSZCZ Piotr Hiacynth, Kleynoty stołecznego miasta Krakowa, abo kościoły, y co w nich iest widzenia godnego y znacznego.

Kleynoty stołecznego miasta Krakowa, abo kościoły, y co w nich iest widzenia godnego y znacznego.

Briefly described. To this is added iest katalog Króów Polskich, y Biskupow Krakowskich. powtóre z pililnym przyźrzane, y do druku podane. By ... Kraków 1650. w Druk. Franciszka Cezarego J.K.M. Typographa Roku ś.Miłościwe Lata w Rzymie 1650. akademickiey. (19 x 15 cm), f. [4], p. 97. [1], f. [8]: (Auction), 1 woodcut (Oksza coat of arms) on reverse of title page, cover missing.
(Estr. T. 25). "A footnote to Alexander of Brzezie Brzeski canon of Cracow etc. ... The description is divided into four parts. In the first, the author describes the city and its churches, 32 in number; in the second, the churches in Stradom and Kazimierz, of which he enumerates 11; in the third part, he describes the churches in Kleparz and the suburbs, of which he enumerates 16; all in all, 59. In the fourth part, the churches in the area, which were annexed to those of Cracow in 1607 by the X. bishop of Cracow, and of these he enumerates four. - Then comes the Catalogue of Polish Princes and Kings, starting from 550 to 1649, followed by the Catalogue of the Bishops of Cracow and the Stacye of the Seven Churches of Cracow.
At the end of this work there is an appendix with the title: Kleynote duchnych stołecznego miasta Krakowa aukcya znamienita. - The appendix contains a description of five churches built later, a continuation of the catalog of Polish kings and a continuation of bishops, ending with Kazimierz Łubieński, elected bishop of Cracow in 1711. - This addition, without year or place of printing,..." (Estreicher).
Piotr Jacek (Hyacinth) Pruszcz other name: Piotr Szczepanowski, (1605 - 1668), author of a description of Krakow, devotional writer. Traces of dampstaining and staining, some pages loose, cover missing, spine taped. Rare.