OSTRORÓG Stanislaw hr. - A glance at the houses of the orders of the Polish landowners, their connection, influence and future [Paris 1861].

Paris 1861, In the Polish Bookstore. 15x23.5 cm, pp. 22, booklet cover. Condition: cover soiled, spine covered with linen, outdated library stamps, pages soiled, minor losses at corners of pages.

A pamphlet devoted to the initiative of Aleksander Jackowski's "House of Orders of Landowners", aimed at rationalizing the grain trade and reducing middlemen in Poland under the partitions. The author of the dissertation Stanislaw Julian Ostroróg (1834/1835-1890) was a Polish photographer active in France and England under the pseudonym "Walery". He ran photographic establishments in Marseilles, Paris and London, specializing in portraits of famous personalities, including Gustave Eiffel, Victor Hugo, Louis Pasteur and members of the British royal family, and was named "Photographer to the Queen" in 1886. As a young man, he served in the Russian Guard, took part in the Crimean War, and during the conflict was already engaged in daguerreotyping. He was also interested in music, journalism and poetry. He died in 1890 and was buried in Brompton Cemetery in London.