Zygmunt Kaczkowski, The Nieczui Collection: A Message from His Excellency Mr. Nieczui to the Little Poles and Red Ruthenians […], Vol. I [1883]

Format: 21 cm.

Number of pages: 304.

Binding: Period half-leather binding, spine with gilt title and the initial “S.T.” at the bottom, cover boards lined with bookbinding paper, surface wear on the leather of the spine.

Zygmunt Kaczkowski, a popular novelist and author of tales about the nobility, was also a journalist who took part in the heated political debates in Galicia. “Teka Nieczui” is his political pamphlet, published in Paris in 1883 and addressed to “Little Poles and Red Rusyns.” It addresses the Galician debates of the 1880s: autonomy, Polish-Ukrainian relations, and party platforms. Only Volume I was published. It was printed at the Polish Printing House at 53, rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs, which served the Polish émigré community.

On the spine are the gilded initials “S.T.” of the first owner.

The spine of the book has superficial scuffs. The paper is yellowed, with scattered foxing spots; the text is legible.

An item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.