MANTEUFFEL Gustav. civilization, literature and art in the former western colony on the Baltic. On the basis of the latest research crossed out...Second edition, decorated with 23 original drawings.
Cracow 1897. publishing company Poland. Pp . 123, [1], illustrations in text; 21.5cm.
Half cloth hardcover. Good condition, rubbing of binding, stamp on title page.
Culture of Inflants and the neighboring Baltic states (Estonia, Courland) from the 12th to the 18th century. History of the oldest cities, castles, architecture, art, crafts and artistic industry, literature, historiography.
Gustav Manteuffel, actually Felician Nicolai Baron Manteuffel-Szoege (1832-1916) - Polish historian and ethnologist, sightseer, lawyer by profession. Baron descended from the Livonian Manteuffel family of the Livonian-German family of Soie (Zoge, later Szoege).