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Wujek's Bible - Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments From Latin into Polish translated. Printed by W. Drugulin, Leipzig 1898 A literal reprint from the authentic Cracow edition of 1599. Hardcover, half leather from the epoch with printed titular signs. Block consistent, pages clean, page set, overall condition very good. The edges of the pages stained. Number of pages: 862 + 286 Format...
St. John of Damascus - Book of Octoechos (كتاب الأكتوئخوس - Kitāb al-Aktoēchos) Jerusalem, Printing House of the Patriarchate of the Holy Sepulcher (Matba'at al-Qabr al-Muqaddas al-Baṭriyarkiyya), 1854 Printed stamp of the outhouse on the back of the title page. Rare Arabic edition of St. John of Damascus' liturgical work, the Book of Octoechos (Kitāb al-Aktoēchos), which i...
Władysław Tatarkiewicz - History of Philosophy - Volumes I-III, complete, Warsaw 1948. Fourth edition. Cooperative Publishing Czytelnik On the pre-title page of T. III dedication by the author in 1951 " For the Library of the Barefoot Carmelites in Cracow WTatarkiewicz ". Hardcover, decorative - blue cloth with gold titling on covers and spines. Blocks consistent, pages clean. Small rubbing ...
Peter Skarga - Lives of the Saints of the Old and New Order for every day throughout the year, selected from serious writers and doctors of the Church. To which are added some spiritual cures and teachings against hangovers, besides short sermons for those feasts which have a certain day in the month. Edition XXIV, At the Polish Bookstore, Lviv 1883 Volumes I-II, complete. Hardcover, full leat...
Renaissance Bible - Sacrorum Bibliorum Pars III, Tubinga 1592 from the BIbliothek of the Bulow family. Editor: Lucas Osiander (Lucas Osiander D.).Lucas Osiander the Elder (December 15, 1534 in Nuremberg - September 17, 1604 in Stuttgart ) was a German pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg and composer of Lutheran church music . He was the son of the reformer Andreas Osiande...
Catalog of Books in Polish, Latin, Italian, French, bound in the store of Maciej Szczepanski in Nowomiejska Gate with the expression of the Price by Alphabet described His Majesty's Court Printing House, Warsaw 1791 Maciej Szczepański (1746-1825) - Warsaw bookseller, bookbinder and publisher M. Szczepanski was one of the most active Polish booksellers active in the years 1779-1825. He develop...
History of the Church from the beginning to our time. Volume I ( the only one published ): The Primitive Church. The Beginnings of Christianity, edited by A. Fliche and W. Martin, by J. Lebreton and J. Zeiller, translated by Jadwiga Dembinska and Zofia Czerniewiczowa. Lublin - University, Christian Knowledge Society, 1939 Publisher's hardcover, cloth. Soiling of the cover, discoloration, block...
The Gdansk Bible - The Holy Bible is all the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments Published by the British and Foreign Bible Society Warsaw at Adolf Kantor's 1889 Publisher's hardcover, embossed cloth with gilt titling on spine. Block consistent, pages clean. Title page of the Old Testament in copy. The last page is missing. Otherwise very good condition. Number of pages: 856 + 274 Format:...
WISŁOCKI Władysław Tadeusz - Jerzy Lubomirski 1817-1872, Lviv 1928, Zakład Narodowy Imienia Ossolińskich. Pp. 180. height 23.3 cm. Pl. 12. Binding half cloth. Stamp on title page: Party Cabinet of the Central School of the P. P. R. Ex-libris. Excellent dissertation dedicated to Jerzy Lubomirski (1817-1872), curator of the Zakł. Narod. Im. Ossolińskich in Lviv.
Pustaha - a traditional manuscript of the shamans of Sumatra - 19th / 20th century. A unique, handmade piece of pustaha - a sacred and magical book used by Batak(datu) priests in northern Sumatra. The book is a fascinating combination of religious knowledge, magical practices and traditional medicine, being an invaluable testimony to the culture and spirituality of this ethnic group. It contai...
Missale Romanum - Roman Missal - Venice 1703 Sumptibus Pauli Balleoni, Venetis MDCCIII Hardcover, wood facings upholstered in dark brown leather with embossing and superexpress of a monastery or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the central part of the front cover.Loss of a fragment of the spine, missing fasteners, Significant soiling of the paper in places. Overall good condition. Handm...
Immanuel Kant - A philosophical treatise on religion and morality Translated by Mrongowius,* Preacher at St. Anne's Church, Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle 4th class. By the translator's own imprint. Szrota printing, Gdansk 1854 - First edition. Soft binding, publisher. Back glued with paper. Block consistent, pages clean. Overall condition very good. Number of pages : 223 Format : 12.5 x...
Nietzsche Friedrich - Antichrist - the transformation of all values, foreword and Book One by Leopold Staff, Printed by Jakub Mortkowicz, Warsaw 1907 On the title page, ownership signature Jerzy Znamierowski (b. 1895, d. 1992) - Polish philosopher, theosophist and anthroposophist. Hardcover, crack on the line connecting the spine to the front cover. Discoloration of the cover. Block consistent...
Polish EMIGRATION XIX century] Little Guide of Paris. For the year 1867 [Paris 1867]. S. 15. height 16 cm. Half leather binding, contemporary. Supplemented marg. pages. On the last page a representation of the Arc de Triomphe in woodcut. As the author of the guide states in pt. 1: "The advice, hints and explanations which we give here may be useful to travelers arriving in Paris for the first ...
ABOUT THE POPE. The work of Hr. Joseph de MaistreAuthor: Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821)Translated by: Julian Miłkowski (1829-1878)Cracow, 1853Printed by the Bookstore and Publishing House of Catholic and Scientific WorksFirst Polish edition of one of the most important works of conservative-Catholic thought of the 19th century - Joseph de Maistre's Du Pape. The author, a Savoyard philosopher, ...
X. Pawlicki Stefan - History of Greek philosophy from Thales to the death of Aristotle, Volume one, In the bookshop of G. Gebethner and SP, Krakow 1890 Hardcover, decorative half leather of the period. Block coherent, pages clean, leather scuffs otherwise very good condition overall. Number of pages : 431 Format : 16 x 23 [cm].
The Holy Land in Words and Pictures - to the participants of the 3rd Polish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1914 as a souvenir - Polish Pilgrimage Committee Stereotype printing house of Eugeniusz and Dr. Kazimierz Kozianski in Cracow. Publisher's hardcover, signed on back cover. Block consistent, stamps, small soiling and rubbing of page edges. Overall condition + good. Set of 48 color illustra...
Office de la Semaine Sainte, en latin et en françoise, à l'usage de Rome et de Paris. Avec des réflexions et méditations, prières et instructions pour la confession et communion. Dedié à la Reine. Pour l'usage de sa maison. Paris 1728. chez Mazieres et Garnier. S. 1 k. frontispiece in copperplate, XXXVI, 714, p. [1], plates engraved 3 (copperplate), vignettes, initials in woodcut. 20 cm...
Polish publications Szparło Adam - Letters of the "little People's Republic". Issues 1974-1993, Olmonty 2022, ISBN 9788396584205 60 pages of A5 format, soft cover, banknote catalog with a breakdown of the series and their rarities, additionally a handy card with a list of the series and their rarities
131 TOMAS A KEMPIS, L'Imitation de Jésus-Christ (...). Tours 1855, Alfred Mame, 5 k. +508 p. +2 k. A beautifully gilded treatise on the Imitation of Jesus Christ by Thomas a Kempis (ca. 1380-1471) monk, canon regular, theologian and mystic. The text is in French, translated and edited by Father de Gonnelieu. The work contains reflections on how to follow Jesus and lead a rich spiritual life, ...
Missions Expeditions to the Zambezy Countries in Southern Africa, Cracow 1885 In the Printing House of the time of FR. Kluczynski Hardcover, publisher's period binding. Blue cloth with gilt titling. ( Cover repaired in the past). Local soiling of paper, block consistent, overall condition + good. Numerous illustrations in the text. And Map of Africa. Number of pages : 222 Format : 15 x 21 [cm]...
Tanakh - Hebrew Bible - Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, Edited by Meir HaLevi Letteris Publisher: Unger Brothers (האחים אונגער) Place of publication: Berlin 1909 Hardcover of period, embossed covers and gilt titling on spine. Block consistent, pages clean. Overall condition very good. Number of pages : 1384 Format : 17 x 24 [cm]. Classic edition of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) edited by Mei...
Grand Hotel. Grand Cafe. Cafe-dancing. Łódź. Unique menu from the 1930s. S. 8. H. 18.4 cm. Cardboard binding with ep. decorative. Unique price list of drinks, spirits and food offered at the cafe-dancing "Grand Cafe", located in the legendary Grand Hotel in Lodz. The menu offered, among other things, hot drinks, chilled drinks, a variety of dishes and desserts, rums and arakes, domestic cog...
A collection of the most beautiful carols - notes and words [ ca. 1920]. Photocopy from the period. Hardcover. Number of pages 20 Collection contains 18 COLDS Format : 16 x 25 [cm]
Author: Joseph Chevassu (1674-1752) Title: Meditationes super veritates Christianas et ecclesiasticas desumptae ex epistolis et evangeliis missarum totius anni. Pars Hyemalis Title in Polish: "Reflections on the Christian and ecclesiastical truths taken from the epistles and gospels of the total year. Winter part" Publisher: Printing House of the Missionaries Place of publication: Culmae in Pr...
JEŁOWICKI Alexander - Teaching at the Marriage Vow of Prince Witold-Adam Czartoryski with Miss Mary-Cecylia Grochowska, minted on October 30, 1851 in Paris at the Church of Saint Louis on the Island by [...] Paris 1851. in the printing house of L. Martinet at 2 Mignon Street. P. 35. height 17.5 cm. Booklet. Witold Adam Czartoryski (born July 6[1] 1822 in Puławy, died November 14, 1865 in Alg...
Rev. Stanislaw Trzeciak - Talmud on the Goyim and the Jewish question in Poland, Warsaw 1939 Albertine Brothers Printing House Soft binding. Very good condition. Number of pages : 379 Format : 15 x 20 [cm]. Stanislaw Trzeciak (1873 - 1944) - Polish Catholic clergyman, social activist, doctor of theology, professor. This publication includes: Meaning of the Talmud; Goyim are cattle; Killing a G...
Count Dzieduszycki Wojciech - History of Philosophy, Volume I, Ancient Philosophy, Brody - Lviv 1914 Printed by Felix West Bookstore More volumes were not published. Publisher's hardcover, cloth spine. Rubbing of covers. Block consistent, overall condition + good. Cards clean. Number of pages : 513 Format : 15 x 20 [cm].
Prof. Dr. Alojzy Riehl. - Friedrich Nietzsche - Warsaw 1900 Publisher of the Weekly Review Translated by Wilhelm Feldman Softcover. Spine glued with paper. Good condition overall. Block coherent, pages clean. Number of pages : 147 Format : 14 x 20 [cm].
Wujek's Bible, New Testament, Krakow 1955 Apostolate of Prayer Publishing House Hardcover, cloth binding, repaired in the past, - cloth lining the spine. Page edges stained, block consistent. A set of pages General condition good. Number of pages : 759 Format : 10 x 14 [cm].
polish publications Oleński Jan - Ogólnopolskie kartki zaopatrzeniowe z lat 1976-1989, Warsaw 2010, ISBN 9788392333289 130 pages in B5 format, softcover, richly illustrated first study of Polish food and commodity cards from the PRL era, very interesting for anyone interested in the PRL times
A lecture on criminal law from the standpoint of Austrian science and law. T. 1-2. written (...) Third edition rewritten. Kraków 1911, Leon Frommer's Bookstore. 8, pp. XVIII, 618, [1]; XVIII, 430, fl. binding.Abrasions and soiling of the binding, binding slightly loose, non-cracking at the spines. Own signatures, stamps, underlining in pencil and crayon in the text, stains on pages and page c...
Polish publications Michal Bishop - Banknotes my passion, Notebook IV 1944-1965, Kielce 2025, ISBN 9788362509379 107 pages B5 format, soft cover
X. W. Bryndza - Book of Miracles and Graces experienced today by many people who, in various afflictions and illnesses, with great confidence and strong faith, rubbed up to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Levičín church. Printing House of the Sons of St. Nemira, Warsaw 1911 On the title page the seal of Rev. Vladimir Lavrynovich. Soft binding, cloth spine with titling. Overall condition very ...
1. La Sainte Bible traduite en françois, le latin de la Vulgate à côté, avec de courtes notes tirées des saints Pères (...), et la concorde des quatre Evangélistes (...). Tome premier [- troisième]. Liege 1702, Jean François Broncart, T. 1: 2 p. +3 maps +1 pl. +XLVII p. +1 k. +922 p. +2 p., T. 2: 2 k. +1-205 s. +1 s. +XXVIII p. +207-849 p. +3 p.; T. 3: 2 k. + 2 maps +502 p. +22 s. +4 ...
Rev. Piotr Stach - Priests' Scientific Journey to the Holy Land - Organized by the Polish Theological Society in Lviv. BY THE AUTHOR, Lviv 1936, pp. 494, [1], 45 f. plates; 21cm . Contains: Part I - Description of a trip to the Holy Land and Egypt; Part II - Modern Palestine. On the pre-title page, dedication by the author, to Rev. Stanislaw Huet . Hardcover, publisher, very good condition, on...
Aeschylus and Demosthenes' Speeches, Nowy Sacz 1906 Translated by Ludwik Malecki By the translator, Printed by J.K. Jakubowski Widows1 Aeschylus 1. the Speeches : - against Timarchus ; - on the misrepresented messenger. 2. alleged letters twelve Demosthenes Speeches : - on an infidel ministry, on a wreath or in defense of Ctesiphon Hardcover, half leather with printed signboards. Paper very br...
31. [HISTORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT, CARTHAGINA, PERSIA, GREECE, MACEDONIA ETC.] ROLLIN CHARLES, Histoire ancienne des Egyptiens, des Carthaginos, des Assyriens, des Babyloniens, des Medes et des Perses, des Macedoniens, des Grecs (...). Paris 1737-1754, Widow Estienne and Brothers Estienne, Vol. 1-7: average 650-750 pp. per volume. One of the most famous works of Charles Rollin (1661-1741), histori...
STADNICKI Aleksander - O wsiach takanych wołoskich na północnym slku Karpat / by [...] Lviv 1848. in the Printing House of the National Institute of the Ossoliński's name S. 92. tall. cardboard binding. Preserved and restored pages, no damage to the text, except for a minor loss on the last page. Binding bends, staining of pages. Traces of old notations and stamps. Estr. XIX vol. 4, s. 356...
By Father Procopius Capuchin - Lives of the Lord's Saints for all the days of the year, with an appendix to every spiritual benefit and proper prayer, and for all solemnities and feasts, short teachings. Edition: New with pictures of the Saints , Warsaw 1901 Publisher: Druk. Tow. Akcyjn. S. Orgelbrand's Sons Hardcover, full leather from the period with embossed decorative cross on the front co...
Brambilla A., Le medaglie italiane negli ultimi 200 anni prima parte, Milan, 1997
Plato - The Works of Plato - translated, introduction with explanations and illustrations by Wladyslaw Witwicki. Published by Książnica Polska T-wa Naucz. Szkół. Higher 1. Protagoras - Warsaw Lviv - 1923, p. 148 , very good condition. 2. Phaedrus - Warsaw - Lviv - 1922, p. 189 , very good condition. 3. Uczta - Warsaw - Lviv - 1924, p. 159 - back cover loose, front cover tears. - good condi...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Confessions (Bekenntnisse) - Vol. I-IV (complete).Publisher: Johann Friedrich Unger, Berlin 1782-1790 Set of four volumes of the first German edition of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 'sautobiography entitled"J. J. Rousseau's Bekenntnisse ". The French original(Les Confessions) was published posthumously in 1782. A pioneering work of autobiographical literature, in which Roussea...
Brambilla A., Le medaglie italiane negli ultimi 200 anni seconda parte, Milan, 1997
Author : Poniatowski Stanisław / Przebendowski (Prebendowski) Piotr Henryk. Title : Memoires Sur Les Dernieres Revolutions De La Pologne, où on justifie le Retour du Roy Auguste, Par un Gentilhomme Polonnois. "Memoirs of the last revolutions of Poland, in which a Polish nobleman justifies the return of King Augustus." Publisher : Chez Fritsch & Böhm., Rotterdam 1710. Hardcover, half lea...
Manuscript from the first half of the 19th century [ or older ] - A collection of songs and prayers in Polish for each day of the week and Days of the Cross , Song before the sermon and Blessing. Handmade paper, all manuscript with sheet music. Block consistent, cover missing. Soiling and edge damage as shown in photos. Number of pages : 30 - complete work. continuous numbering. Format : 20 x ...
Wujek's Bible, New Testament, Krakow 1951 Jesuit Publishing House. Hardcover, cloth binding, repaired in the past, - cloth lining the spine. Page edges stained, block consistent. A set of pages General condition good. Number of pages : 755 Format : 10 x 14 [cm].
Bible - New Testament Greek - Latin, Leipzig 1907 [ bilingual ]. Hardcover, half leather binding. Stamps. Overall condition very good. The edges of the pages stained. On the front pasteboard stamp of the Introligators : W. Gigoń - Kraków Mikołajewska 6 Number of pages : 983 Format : 11 x 17 [cm]
Embroidered viaticle bursa for the Host - Poland 19th century Viatic bursa (Latin: bursa, or pouch) from the 19th century, designed to hold the Blessed Sacrament during ceremonies outside the church, including the administration of Holy Communion to the sick. Made of light beige or cream fabric (probably silk ), it bears traces of use. The decoration is rich, made with the technique of laid em...
Piekary - Commemoration of the Coronation of the Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Piekary, which took place on August 15, 1925 Published by the Preparatory Committee, Piekary 1925 Hardcover, cloth with embossing. Tears on a few pages, otherwise very good condition overall. Number of pages : 119 Format : 13 x 19 [cm].
Kantyczki - Carols and pastorals sung in homes at Christmas time with the addition of casual songs used during the year - arranged by Karol Miarka, Mikolow 1904 Printed by Karol Miarka Hardcover, publisher's edition of the period.Green cloth with embossing and gilt, Page edges decorated with geometric pattern. Block consistent, pages clean, overall condition very good. A rarity in such good co...
TUWIM Juljan - Polski Słownik Pijacki i Anthologia Bachiczna. Warsaw 1935. the "Rój" Publishing Society. Illustrated by Feliks Topolski. Pp. 303, [1]; b/w illustrations in text and full-page illustrations on plates;. H. 24.5 cm. Canvas binding with ep. Gilt lettering on spine. Minor soiling inside, otherwise more than good condition. Owner's entry. Andrzej Krzyżanowski on title page and sta...
Bacchanalia Minjatura philosophical series. Warsaw 1924. by W. Hulewicz. Dimensions 5.5 x 7.5 cm, pp.123, [5], publisher's slipcase. Wear and tear to the cover. Peeling at the front pastedown. Cover and decorations designed by Józef Hollak, made in J. Sidorowski's bookbindery. Printed 5100 copies.
Falkowski, Czeslaw - Speech on the 100th anniversary of the death of Tadeusz Kosciuszko delivered during a service at St. Catherine's Church in Petrograd d. October 15/2, 1917. Petrograd 1917, Christian Democratic Union. 15 cm, p. 14. From the book collection of Rev. I. Kharshevsky (stamp), other library, inventory no. Priest Ignacy Charszewski (1869-1940) was murdered by the Germans in the Sa...
(Mir Zingen),- We sing - published by the Social and Cultural Society of Jews in Poland, Warsaw after 1950. Hardcover, cloth, spine glued - repaired in the past with cloth. Discoloration of cover, block consistent, set of pages. Number of pages : 43 + 400 Format : 20 x 30 [cm]. Rarity
Dissertations and Reports of the Historical and Philosophical Department of the A.U., Cracow 1875 Includes, among others, History of the Catholic Church in Poland, Work on Logic , Kosciuszko - life Volume III. Published by the Academy of Learning. Hardcover, half leather from the epoch. On the front pastedown ex-libris. Stanislaw Zelinski. Rubbing of the cover, otherwise very good condition. N...
Cardinal Peter Gasparri - Catholic Catechism, Poznań 1932 Translated from the fourth Latin edition by X. Jan Korzonkiewicz Printed by St. Wojciech's Bookstore Publisher's hardcover, cloth with gilt titling on spine and front cover, decorative boards. Stamps. Overall condition very good. Number of pages : 487 Format : 14 x 20 [cm]. A nice piece.
Frederick II King of Prussia - [ Collection of laws, edicts and mandates concerning finance and police in the Silesian Principality and Klodzko County], - Breslau 1767 Sammlung aller in dem souverainen Herzogthum Schlesien und dessen incorporirten Grafschaft Glatz in Finanz-Policey-Sachen &c. &c. ergangenen und publicirten Ordnungen, Edicten, Mandaten, Rescripten &c. &c. Publis...
RYBCZYŃSKI, Mieczysław - Vistula River from its sources to the sea: waterways and ports. Lviv 1937; State Publishing House of School Books. 20 cm, pp. 169, [2], f. tabl. [2] with plans, numerous illustrations. Physical Library; vol. 3. Cover designed by Waclaw Siemiiątkowski, rebound at B. Poloniecki Printing House in Lviv. Slight creasing of the margins of a few initial pages, otherwise ve...
Prayer booklet - Paradise Flowers - Ornamental binding, Prague ca. 1900 Hardcover, decorative binding. Mother-of-pearl decoration and silver-plated clasp. The edges of the pages gilded. Very good condition. Number of pages : 256 Published in Czech. Format : 7.5 x 10 [cm].
GRABSKI, Wladyslaw - Balance of the Kingdom of Poland in the finances of the Russian state. Warsaw 1909, Publishing House of the Society for the Promotion of Social Work. 22 cm, p. 31. The work of Wladyslaw Grabski (1874-1938) - a prominent politician of national democracy, economist and historian, Prime Minister and Minister of the Treasury in the Second Republic, author of the fundamental cu...
33 [HISTORY OF MODERN AFRICA] ROLLIN CHARLES, Histoire Moderne des Chinois, des Japponois, des Indiens, des Persans, des Turcs, des Russiens (...). Paris 1757, Desaint and Saillant, VIII p. +539 pp. +2 k. One of the most famous works of Charles Rollin (1661-1741), historian, professor and rector of the University of Paris and the Royal College being a history of the modern Near and Far East an...
Rev. Z. Bielawski - The Sacrament of Penance and the Altar ( Confession - Communion, Visitation of the Blessed Sacrament and the Sacrifice of the Mass ), in remarks and prayers. Printed by X.X. Missionaries, Lviv 1912 Hardcover, cloth with embossing. Soiling, discoloration of the cover, otherwise very good condition. Owner's signature. Number of pages : 165 Format : 10 x 16 [cm].
Wehrmann, Martin - Geschichte der Stadt Stettin. Augsburg 1993, Weltbild Verlag. 25 cm, pp. XVI, 548, pp. of plates [24] with illustrations, plans and facsimiles in (including 7 on 2 pp. and 6 appendixes, folded), 41 illustrations in the text, publisher's binding: card. Reprint of publisher: Stettin 1911, Verlag von Leon Sauniers Buchhandlung. History of Stettin with rich and varied iconograph...