[MANUSCRIPT]. Manuscript book of "Exceptions from the Works of Beneficence and Amusement," 1846.
Book form. 17.7x11.8 cm, pp. 252 (final 3 pages blank), bound in period psk. The whole book carefully written by one, probably a young person. Contents divided into two parts (pp. 3-111 and 113-249) each ending with its own table of contents. The second part is filled with poems. Includes, among others: The cruelties of the Turkish character, Scythian matchmaking, On Ignacy Potocki, Excerpts from a manuscript sent from S. Island. Helena, An astonishing proclamation of the Patron to Augustus, About canaries, Settlement by Grand Duke Constantine of the case of the butcher in Warsaw, A new way of storing bouquets until winter, An accident happened, which will also make the Turk blush, A way to protect oneself from lightning, A poem for the reason that not Prince Czartoryski but Zaiączek became Governor, A reply to a daredevil by a maiden. On several pages blind stamp with monogram of O. C. in laurel wreath. Abrasions of the covers, liners cracked at the spine, minor stains.
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