Lach Szyrma Krystyn- England and Scotland. Reminders of the journey 1820-1824 odbytey [romantic binding][vol.I-III,complete].

Lach Szyrma Krystyn/ England and Scotland. Recollections of a journey of 1820-1824 odbytey. Z rysunkami litograficznemi./ Warsaw 1827-1829/ in Drukarnia Gałęzowskiego i Komp./ vol. I-III, complete/ first edition/ luxurious leather binding of the epoch/ pp.[2],298;[8], 324; [8], 280[4]/ 5 lithographs on separate pages/ very good condition-, volume one lacks five unnumbered pages in the introduction, three numbered pages I-V and three lithographs, title page in a neat contemporary copy, volume two lacks two lithographs, yellowing in the text in places.

Luxurious period binding in romantic style, black leather decorated. Spine divided into five fields, in two fields gilded titulature and volume numbering, in the remaining fields stylized classicist ornamentation, convex scrolls highlighted with gold scrawls; in the mirrors of both covers blind-reflected rhomboidal piston with palmettes, in the mirror of the front cover gilded initials ,,K.J''; covers closed with a striking bordure with palmettoes in the corners and a second blind embossed and gilded one, lining paper marbled.

First edition of the work of Krystyna Lach Szyrma, Polish philosopher, political activist, writer and columnist, being a colorful description of a journey through England and Scotland made in 1820-1824. The book was very popular and gave him ordinary membership in the Warsaw Society of Friends of Science.