GOCZAŁKOWSKI Wojciech - Wspomnienia lat ubiegłych [1862] [unsigned binding by F. J. Radziszewski].

Krakow 1862. published by the author, in "Czas" fonts. 13x20.5 cm, pp. (4), 159, (2), 152 [set of 2 volumes in 1 volume], set of engravings, half-leather binding with gilt on spine. Good condition (minor rubbing of the binding, single tears, minor edgewear and stains, a large loss [to the detriment of the text] of p. 31 in the second volume supplemented with tissue paper).

Piece in an unsigned binding by F. J. Radziszewski. On the front pastedown ex libris of Antoni Trepinski (1908-1972), journalist, bibliophile, scholar of literature and art, executed by Zygmunt Lorec - Polish painter and graphic artist.

Led to 1848 memoirs of Wojciech Stanisław Nepomucen Goczałkowski (1809-1866). The author, a publicist and diarist, spins a colorful tale of his youth and participation in the November Uprising, during which he fought under General Dezyder Chłapowski, as an officer of the 1st Uhlan Regiment. The book is decorated with two colorful frontispieces with likenesses of Polish soldiers and 14 lithographs by Zygmunt Bogusz Stęczynski according to drawings by Bogumil Gąsiorowski, depicting the events described in the book .