SMOLEÑSKI Wladyslaw - Drobna szlachta w Królestwie Polskiem. Studyum etnograficzno-społeczne. Warsaw [censored 1885]....

SMOLEÑSKI Wladyslaw - Drobna szlachta w Królestwie Polskiem. Studyum etnograficzno-społeczne. Warsaw [cens. 1885]. Spółka Nakładowa Warszawska. 8, pp. [4], 66. psk. period binding.
Very good condition. From the preface: "One of the many characteristic features of the process of our past is the product of the nobility, from its proper dress, manner of settlement and slender estates called clog, coarse, capote, parochial, neighborhood, homestead, fractional or petty. The past of this nobility, which grew almost exclusively out of the sands of Mazovia, consisted of an abundant play of lights and shadows: the homesteaders have a rich history, a study of it could lend a great deal of light to guessing the primary significance of the phenomena."