John Stuart Mill, On Representative Government [1866]

Year of publication: 1866.

Number of pages: 264.

Size: 23 cm.

Translation: Gustaw Czernicki (1827–1911), from English.

“On Representative Government” (“Considerations on Representative Government,” 1861) is one of the classic works of political philosophy. In it, John Stuart Mill sets forth the principles of a liberal system and representative democracy: the criteria for good government, the principles of suffrage, and the threats facing representative government. The Polish translation was published in Kraków in 1866, at a time of keen interest in Mill’s thought in Poland; his writings were translated almost as they appeared during the era of Positivism.

An early Polish edition of a classic work of political thought.

A stamp on the frontispiece, title page, and last page.

An item from the 19th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.