Michał Gliszczyński, Scientific and Literary Miscellany, Vol. VII [1860]

Format: 16 cm.

Pages: 186. Volume VII of ten.

Binding: Original period half-leather.

The seventh volume of “Scientific and Literary Miscellany” by Michał Gliszczyński, a Warsaw-based writer and popularizer of knowledge, published at his own expense. The series consisted of ten volumes (1859–1860) of essays on literature, history, and philosophy intended for a broad readership. This volume contains two texts: “Filip Kallimach Buonacorsi,” about an Italian humanist and diplomat at the Jagiellonian court, and “The Duel.” Gliszczyński later published a two-volume “History of Philosophy” (1866).

A owner’s signature on the title page. Paper yellowed in places. Original period half-leather binding.

Item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.