[Klocek] Kraszewski J. I., Monuments to the history of customs in Poland and Nature in its phenomena

[Klocek] Monuments to the history of customs in Poland of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries published from rare prints by.../ Nature in its phenomena . A book for the young age. cloth binding. Rubbing, minor soiling, small dent on front cover. Measures 12 x 17.5 cm.

1. Kraszewski Jozef Ignacy, Pomniki do historii obyczajów w Polsce z XVI i XVII wieku wydane z rzadkich druków przez..., nakł. S. Orgelbrand, Warsaw 1843, p. 269. Title page missing. Entries on pre-title page [information about the edition].

Published by J. I. Kraszewski, rare small Polish writings, some written in verse, showing, often in a caricatured manner, the truth about the customs of various classes of society in the 16th and 17th centuries. Included are Albertus of War (1613), Peregrination of the Grandfathers (1611), For Hunters: [a rarely published work] On hounds and hunting with them (1608).

2 Nature in its phenomena. Abook for the young, outpost of the I. Klukowski Bookstore, Warsaw 1855, p. 145.

Contents include: Antediluvian animals, Meteorology, Illumination by gas (An idea of chemistry), Hekla (With a note on volcanoes in general), Olympic Games, A stroll through underground Rome, Generations of people, Mummy