Suspirium Animae Poenitentis - Auctore Illustriss. S. R. J. Principe D. Alberto Stanislao Radzivilio Duce in Olyka ...

Suspirium Animae Poenitentis - Auctore Illustriss. S. R. J. Principe D. Alberto Stanislao Radzivilio Duce in Olyka et Nieswiez M. D. L. Cancellario etc. etc.
Cracoviae. In Officina Andrea Petricouij S. R. M. Typography. 1639 716 p. Solid 

binding, three-sided red painted cut-off, reduced format (8.5 x 14.5 cm). 

Good condition: worn cover, inscription on flyleaf, circulation of the free sheet front and two on the title, not affecting the engraving; loss in the lower part of the title, on the back of title owners ' faded signature, a tear, brittle; trace of moisture at the outer edge of last 30 pages. 

On the title: 

The name is framed, stylized as an altar, on top of the crucified Jesus Christ, in the lower part - the family coat of arms of the Radziwills. 

[Radziwill — the richest and most powerful family in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, in 1518 he was the first in the state to receive the princely title of the Holy Roman Empire.

The Radziwills had huge land holdings in the territory of the modern Republic of Belarus, including the cities and towns of geraneny, David-Gorodok, Kletsk, Koidanovo, Kopys, Lakhva, Mir, Nesvizh, Chernavchitsy, Shchuchin, in Lithuania the cities of Kedainiai, Dubingiai, birzhai and many villages.  

After the Olelkovich Radziwill moved from the Principality of Slutsk Slutsk and Kapyl.

In the XVI—XVIII centuries, they had an army of nobles and military men, their fortresses Slutsk, Nesvizh, Bourse, Keidany, Mir, Lyubchu. In 1528, the Radziwills, whose estates numbered 18,240 "dyms", put 760 horsemen in the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, in 1567 from 28,170 "dyms" — 939 horsemen and 1,586 infantry. They played a significant role in the Political life of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Since the XVIII century, they are known as patrons, collectors of portrait galleries, founders of manufactories.] 

About the author: 

[Albrecht Stanislaw Radziwill (Belor. Albrecht Stanislai Radziwil, Poland. Albrecht Stanislaw Radziwill( July 1, 1593, Olyka — November 12, 1656, Gdansk) was a statesman statesman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, writer and historian.

Born on 1 Jul 1593 in Olyka in the Volyn region, the son of the headman zhmudskaya Stanislav and Marina of the Mouse.

In 1598-1605 he studied at the Vilna Academy, then in würzburg, and from 1609 in Leuven. Until 1616, he traveled to the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Switzerland. 

He was elected Ambassador to the sejms of 1613 and 1619. Supported Sigismund Vasa's plans to seize the Swedish throne. To reduce the threat from Turkey and the Crimean Tatars, he advocated an Alliance with the Transylvanian Prince and the Austrian Habsburgs. In 1632, he supported the election of Vladislav VAZA as king and Grand Duke, but did not support the restoration of Protestant and Orthodox rights. In 1646, he opposed the king's plans to start a war with the Ottoman Empire. In 1648, he supported the election of Jan Casimir. 

In the implementation of domestic and foreign policy, he defended the interests of the Radziwill family, and defended the interests of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. One of the reasons for the Cossack uprising in Ukraine, he considered "the power of our evil deeds and the infringement of the poor", and advocated a decisive fight against Bogdan Khmelnitsky.  

During the war with Moscow (1654-1667) and the Northern war (1655-1660), he was in Prussia, and in 1656 took part in negotiations with Denmark and the Netherlands in Gdansk, where he died. He was buried in the crypt Of the Holy Trinity Church in Olyk. 

Prince Albrecht Stanislaw Radziwill was an author and translator of Catholic religious works. He also wrote memoirs in old Belarusian.] 

Dedication from the author: 

To Jan Lipsky, Archbishop of Gniezno.

[Jan Lipsky (Count Jan VIII Lipsky) of the lad Coat of arms (1589-1641) was Bishop of Chelmn (1636-1639), referendar of the crown and Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland (from 1639). He held several important posts at the court of the Polish king Sigmund III Vasa and his wife Constance of Austria, and then at the court of Vladislav IV VAZA. As a referendar, he was one of the most influential people in Poland.] 

Known instances: 

1. digital library of greater Poland.

2. the Russian national library (RNB) in Saint Petersburg [erroneous Dating of the book's publication as 1550].