SŁOWACZYŃSKI Andrzej. Poland in the shape of a historical-jeographical diccyonary described...Paris 1833-1838. w Księgarni i Drukarni Polskiej. Pp. XXX, 502; 21.5cm.
Half cloth hardcover with gilt on spine, ribbon bookmark. Good condition, minor soiling of binding.
Contains short articles on individual towns, villages, geographic lands, waters, islands.
SŁOWACZYŃSKI Andrzej (Jędrzej) (1807-1847) - journalist, author of the first geogr. dictionary of Poland; after the November Uprising emigrated to Paris (1833-37 published "Tygodnik Emigracji Polskiej"); author of works on Polish history and geography; main. works: geogr.dictionary Poland in the shape of a historical-statistical-geographical dictionary(1833-38), geography of Poland Cinq statistiques générales de la Pologne (1837-39); 1844 prepared for publication Atlas of the Polish lands, composed of 12 maps. (source: encyklopedia.pwn.pl)
