POLISH HISTORY, 1643 FIRST EDITION

LUBIENSKI, Stanislaw. Opera posthuma, historica, historo-politica, variique discursus, epistolae, et aliquot orationes. Antverpiae: Apud Ioannem Meursium, 1643. Folio, contemporary vellum, hand-inked spine title. $5500.

First edition of this scarce collection of works on 17th-century Polish history, with a full-page copperplate portrait of the author engraved by Flemish artist Jacobus Neeffs.

These selected works on Polish history were written by Lubienski (also known as Stanislaus Lubienscius), a Polish nobleman, Catholic priest, and the bishop of Plock from 1627 until his death in 1640. The volume includes essays on the Zebrzydowski Rebellion, the Polish-Ottoman War and other topics, along with a text about Sigismund's journey to Sweden in 1593, Lubienski's correspondence with various literary figures and a biography of the author. Text in Latin. See Graesse IV, 270. Title page verso with small armorial stamp of the Donaueschingen Court Library.

Small spots of worming to first and last few leaves; vellum slightly sprung, with minor soiling. An extremely good copy of this uncommon collection.