Works of Jan Sniadecki - new edition by Michal Balinski
Volume I, Part I
In Warsaw in the year 1839
Published by August Emmanuel Glucksberg, bookseller at 497 Miodowa Street.
On the title page an ex-libris in the form of a seal - From the Books of H. Wozniak and coats of arms " Prawdzic and Cholewa".
Softcover, contemporary, back original cover preserved.
On the pre-title page a portrait of the author [steel engraving]. Block consistent, small yellowing of papers. Overall condition + good.
Number of pages: 211
Format : 10 x 15 [cm].
Biographical note : Jana Śniadecki [1756 -1830] , one of the most eminent Polish scholars of the Enlightenment period, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher and geographer, professor and rector of the University of Vilnius. Elder brother of Jędrzej Śniadecki.