An account of Poland.. Containing, a geographical description of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and the wars they have been engag'd in; the constitution of that government; particularly the manner of electing and crowning their king; his power and prerogatives: with a brief history of the Tartars. By Monsieur Hauteville, who resided about 25 years in that kingdom. To which is added, a chronology of the Polish kings; the abdication of King John Casimir; and the rise and progress of Socinianisme. Likewise a relation of the chief passages during the last interregnum; and the election and coronation of the new King Frederic Augustus. The whole comprehending whatsoever is curious and worthy of remark in the former and present state of Poland.
Gaspard de Tende, Sieur de Lestang (1618-1697)
Category
Books
Date
1698
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3219495
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],300,[2]p.. 8vo. Binding: eighteenth-century full calf, sewn onto five raised bands; blind fillets on boards. Remnants of spine label and lozenge-shaped pressmark at head of spine.
Makers and roles
Gaspard de Tende, Sieur de Lestang (1618-1697), author