Warsaw 1853, S. Orgelbrand
25 cm, [2] p., VI, [4], 236, [2] p.; [4] p., 237, [1] p. including 246 woodcut images of coats of arms hand-painted in watercolors in the period.
A complete piece of the only first edition, which, except for the gluing of a fragment of the last page of the table of contents of part I, is preserved in excellent condition.
One of the most important official Polish heraldry.
Nikolaj Ivanovic Pavlishchev, co-author of the Law on Nobility, Russian historian, author of a work in critical method, covering noble families of old Poland, honorable families and from the conferment of nobility in the 19th century.
The copy contains hand-painted images of coats of arms, preserved in vivid colors, description of coats of arms and general information about the families. A rare piece in an ornate classic leather bibliophilic binding made in the workshop of the Polish Antiquarian.
