Teodor Morawski, An Alphabetical Guide to the History of the Polish Nation [1878]

Size: 22 cm.

Number of pages: 260.

Binding: Period cloth binding, with gilt lettering on the front cover; the cloth on the spine is cracked along the hinge groove.

Teodor Morawski, a participant in the November Uprising, a member of the provincial Sejm of the Grand Duchy of Poznań, an émigré, and a journalist, published this book a year before his death, at the age of eighty-one. It is an alphabetical index of people, battles, treaties, and concepts for his *A Brief History of the Polish Nation*, written for mothers and teachers. Its 260 pages, arranged in two columns, cover the history of Poland from the Piast era to the decline of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and can also serve as a standalone handy dictionary. Published by Jan Konstanty Żupański in Poznań.

The title page and half-title page bear ownership stamps and a handwritten number. There is a small loss of margin on the title page, which does not affect the text. The spine cloth is cracked along the joint. Contemporary publisher’s cloth binding.

An item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.