CHOTKOWSKI Wł.[adysław] - The history of the nullification of St. Union in Belarus and Lithuania in the light of memoirs...1898

CHOTKOWSKI Wł[adysław]. Dzieje zniweczenia św. Unii na Białorusi i Litwie w świetle pamiętników Simaszki. Cracow 1898; Spółka Wydawnicza Polska. Pp. 205, [3]; 21cm.

Hardcover half leather of period, gilt on spine. Good condition, minor rubbing of binding.

Gruca 183. concerns Jozef Siemaszko (1798-1868) bishop of Lithuania and Vilna of the Greek Catholic (Unitarian) rite, who led, under Russian influence, the destruction of the Unitarian Church in Lithuania and Belarus and its incorporation into the Orthodox Church. The work includes, among other things, the names and fates of Unitarian and Basilian priests who persevered with the Union.

Piece from the Podhorski Library of Lipki (stamp).