PAWIŃSKI Adolf - Dzieje Ziemi Kujawskiej oraz akta historyczne do nich służące [set of 5 volumes] [1888].

Warsaw 1888, at the Printing House of Józef Berger. 20x29 cm, pp. (4), XIII, (1), X, 431, (4), IV, 434, XXVI, (4), 245, XVII, (1), (4), 420, XXI, (4), 413, XLVI [a set of 5 volumes in 5 volumes], half-leather period binding. Good condition (volumes II and V replaced by bookbinder with numbers on spines, small rubbing and discoloration of bindings, ownership stamps of Jan Domanski from Warsaw, single small tears and dings, staining of binding in volume I).

A set of 5 volumes of Adolf Pawinski's monumental publication on the Kuyavian Land (Brest and Inowrocław provinces) and its sejmiks in the era of the electoral kings 1572-1795.

The individual volumes include:

1. Analytical and descriptive part. Contents include: Organization of the sejmiks. Confederations and elections. Sejmik as a representative body. Sejm and sejmik or provincial taxes. Lists or tax tariffs. Announcement of tax resolutions. Collection of taxes. Control, accounting, courts, i.e. tax chambers. Provincial salt, its income, stewardship and distribution. Disbursements of the provincial treasury. Military: common movement, county soldier. Strengthening of the power of the sejmiks 1572-1648. Prevalence of the sejmiks 1648-1764. Sejmiks in the exceptional years of confusion 1702-1717. Limitation of the power of the sejmiks 1764-1795.
2. Lauds and instructions 1572-1674 [with number 5 on the spine].
   
3. Lauds and instructions 1674-1700.
4. Lauda and instructions 1700-1733.
5. Lauda and instructions 1733-1795 [with number 2 on the spine].