KRASZEWSKI Józef Ignacy - Wspomnienia Polesia, Wołynia i Litwy [Paris 1860].

Paris 1860, J. K. Wilczynski. 23x31 cm, pp. (8), 144, black and white engravings in the text, contemporary unsigned bookbinding by Jerzy Budnik, full leather with embossing and gilt. Good condition (rust spots, dampstaining).

Piece with ownership stamps of Wladyslaw Korotynski (1866-1924), writer and journalist, and of Maria née Zdanska and Wladyslaw Brincken.

Memories of travels through the former lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, with colorful tales of the history and inhabitants of individual places - both of the nobility (Sanguszko, Radziwill, Lubomirski and others) and the country folk. The author visited Styr, Horyń, Stepan, Czartorysk, Okon, Pinsk, Slawuta, Miedzyrzec Korecki, Olitsa, Mlynov, Dubno, Lutsk, Ostróg, among others. The engravings decorating the book according to the author's drawings were engraved by Cowland, E. Deschamps, Dumont, J. Piaud and others.