WITKOWSKA Helena - Days of glory, days of defeat. Images from the history of our homeland. Collected and arranged ... Kraków-Warszawa 1913; Nakł. Księg. M. Arct. 4, pp. [4], 568. opr. oryg. kart. decor.
Spine covered with paper, cover edges rubbed, inside good condition. Numerous illustrations, vignettes, finials in the text. On back of pre-title page: "Days of glory days of defeat. Ze 100 ilustracyami podług dawnych rysunków, obrazy: J. Matejko, W. Kossak, S. Wyspiański, W. Elijah and others, and with 23 original drawings by J. Sawiczewski. Graphic embellishments were made by K. Urbanska". It contains essays, stories, historical sketches by Polish writers and historians (including M. Konopnicka, J. I. Kraszewski, W. Syrokomla, H. Sienkiewicz, S. Żeromski, S. Wyspianski, K. Szajnocha, S. Smolka, L. Kubala, W. Smoleński, T. Korzon, A. Śliwiński) dedicated to the history of Poland from the first Piasts to the November Uprising.
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