Poznan [1939]. R. Wegner Polish Publishing House. 15.5x24 cm, pp. (8), 304, black and white photographs and illustrations on separate pages, publisher's half cloth binding with wrappers. Good condition (rubbing of the binding, losses of the wrapper supplemented with paper, traces of dampstaining on the cover pages).
Memoirs of Prince Włodzimierz Czetwertyński (1837-1918), owner of landed estates in the Radzyń district, exile, independence, national and social activist. They cover the period from the author's early youth until his return from exile in 1867. The foreword was written by Seweryn Czetwertyński. Introduction and compilation by Stanislaw Wasylewski. Cover according to a drawing by Maksymilian Oborski from 1867.
Chapter titles: Childhood Years in Volhynia. Noble Institute in Vilna. Learning and playing in Kiev. First trip abroad. The year 1859, before the January storm. Guilt and judgment. The stage to Siberia. The road to Tomsk. From Tomsk to Usol. "And I was in Arcadia...". From Usol to Warsaw. Warsaw in 1867 and later. Milan. Persecution of the Units.