KOWALEWSKI,JÓZEF. Kotwicz,Wladyslaw. — Józef Kowalewski. Orientalista (1801-1878).

Wroclaw, Wrocl. Tow. Naukowe / Panstw. Inst. Wyd. in Komm., 1948. 207 pp. Re-bound in h. leather binding. (Prace Wroclawskiego towarzystwa Naukowego A / 11).With an introduction by Marian Lewicki, a bibliography compiled by Marie Kotwiczówne, and Kowalewski's unpublished correspondence. - - Józef Kowalewski was a Polish orientalist. Founder of the Philomatic Association, in 1824 convicted by the Russian authorities for pro-independence Polish activity and exiled into Russia. Allowed to study at the Kazan University, he studied Mongolia, particularly Mongolian language and Tibetan Buddhism. [Wikipedia].