JASIENCZYK - TEN YEARS OF MOSCOW CAPTIVITY

JASIEŃCZYK [pseud.; JABŁOŃSKI Adolf].

TEN YEARS OF MOSCOW CAPTIVITY

Leipzig1867, F.a. Brockhaus, pp. X, 312, format 12x18.5cm

JABŁOŃSKI ADOLF, born 1825, Krasocin near Włoszczowa, died May 2, 1887, Bóbrka near Krosno, exile, business activist, pharmacist by profession;

1872-73 studied in U.S.A., participant in conspiracy in the Kingdom of Poland, imprisoned in the Warsaw Citadel, 1849-60 sent as a prisoner of war to the Russian troops of the Orenburg Corps; in the January Uprising of 1863-64 captain, organizer of the army, fought among others at Dalikowo, December 1863-I 1864 chief of war of the Łęczyca district; emigrated; 1870 settled in Galicia, collaborator of I. Łukasiewicz, from 1870 onward. Lukasiewicz, since 1873 director of the oil mine in Bóbrka; author of memoir Ten years of Moscow captivity (1867) and work Oil Mining (1885).

PUBLISHER'S HARDCOVER CLOTH BINDING WITH GILDING

BDB- condition.