CZARNIECKI-ŁODZIA Kazimierz. Herbarz Polski pod podług Niesiecki, treściwie ułożony i wypisami z późniejszych autorów, z różnych aktów grodzkich i ziemskich, z ksiąg i akt kościelnych oraz dokumentów familijnych powiększony i wydany przez ... Vol. 1-2 (1 vol., more did not come out). Gniezno 1875-1882.
Circulated by the author, printed by J. B. Lange. Pp. VII, [1], XXXV, 858; 272, numerous images of coats of arms in the text; 22.5cm.
Hardcover contemporary half leather with gilt and decoration on spine, plus protective bookbinding case.
Condition as in photos, numerous glued losses(especially edges at the beginning and end of the book, this is due to the low quality of the brittle paper used; k.tyt. of volume 2 in reproduction)
Abridgement of K. Niesiecki's heraldry with additions from other heraldic publications. Vol. 2 breaks off at the name Ostrowski, h. Rawicz, as the author died and left the work unfinished.
The introduction in pagin. Latin includes: On Coats of Arms; Dignities and Offices of Senators, Court and Lands; State of the Nobility, Honors and Orders, Coats of Arms (from Abdank to Zbieswitz, images with brief description), Polish Monarchs and Lithuanian Princes, Bishops and Senators, Marshals of the Chamber of Deputies, Generals of Greater Poland and Marshals of the Crown and Lithuanian Tribunal, Families of the Nobility (from Abakanowicz to Ostrowski h. Ślepowron).
