MORFILL, W. R.

Title Poland: The Story of the Nations.
Publisher London T. Fisher Unwin. The Gresham Press.
Date 1893
Book ID 38212
First Edition  

Description

Usual green decorated (including Polish eagle) cloth, title in gilt to spine and upper-board, xv+389pp., folding and other maps, in-text and full-page illustrations, lists, tables, index. A very good copy just slightly cocked. Clean and tight. William Richard Morfill (1834-1909) was the first Professor of Russian in Britain and contributed greatly to the study of Slavonic languages and all things Slav. He wrote a history of Russia in the same series as the present volume. Amongst other works, he wrote grammars of Russian, Polish, Serbia, Bulgarian and Czech.
Price: £60.00