KAZIMIERZ GÓRALCZYK. [Wł. L. Anczyc]. The history of Poland in twenty-four pictures. W-wa 1906...

KAZIMIERZ GÓRALCZYK. [Wł. L. Anczyc]. The history of Poland in twenty-four pictures. W-wa 1906. nakł. GiW. Druk., and Lit. by Jan Cotta in Warsaw. Format 12/17 cm. p. [1] f., 183, [4]., [24] f., with color illustrations, one missing. Cover, publ., ppłtn., spine repaired canvas new, covers cardboard with color illustrations, small loss of lower corner. Illustrations titled : 1). Angels visit the Piast. 2). About Mieczyslaw and the Polish King and his wife Dabrowka, as they stirred up the pagan idols in our land and brought the Christian faith into it. 3). Redemption from the hands of pagans of the body of St. Adalbert the Bishop, the first martyr and patron of the Polish Crown. 4). King Boleslaw the Brave orders iron poles to be driven into the river bottoms on the borders of Poland. 5). St. Stanislaus Szczepanowski bishop of Krakow, brings Petrine out of the grave to testify before the king. 6). The young Boleslaw the Wry-mouthed stumbles valiantly past the voivode Sieciech. 7). Queen Kinga brings salt in marriage to the Polish nation 8). Władysław Łokietek seeks refuge from the enemy in a cave, in Ojców, among the peasants, and they vow to die in his defense. 9). Casimir the Great expels Rokiczanka Czeszka, for hurting the Lobzov estate peasants. 10). Mikołaj Wierzynek, a bourgeois of Kraków, treats the Emperor and the Kings hosting him with gold. 11). Ladislaus Jagiello and Queen Jadwiga distribute white robes to Lithuanian converts. 12). Teutonic deputies bring two swords for King Jagiello and Prince Vytautas so that they will have something with which to beat the Teutonic Knights at Grunwald. 13). King Ladislaus of Varna gives his life for the holy Christian faith. 14). Dlugosz, teacher of the sons of Casimir Jagiellon, admonishes them in the royal presence. 15). Sigismund Augustus refuses to break faith, sworn to Barbara. 16). Grzegorz Wieloch, a landowner, bravely sets fire to the palisades of the fortress, despite the hail of enemy bullets. 17). Stanislaw Zolkiewski at Cecora severely wounded dies in defense of his homeland from the Turkish sword. 18). Bohdan Khmelnytsky on his knees apologizes to Jan Kazimierz, King of Poland, for rebelling the Cossacks against Poland. 19). Fr. Augustyn Kordecki, Prior of the Pauline Fathers, valiantly defends Jasna Gora from an attack by the Swedes. 20). Stefan Czarniecki leads the Poles against the invading Swedes. 21) Count Wilczek, an Austrian deputy, kneels before King Sobieski, asking him to save Vienna, the imperial capital, from the Turk. 22). Kurpie people, defending their forests, destroy the army of Charles Gustav, King of Sweden. 23). This one is missing - it concerned the Sommo - Sierra. 24). Prince Joseph Poniatowski in the Battle of Leipzig dies in the Elster River.