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[Leaflet (September 1894) giving a brief account ot the life of Anastasia Boruwlaski, sister to the celebrated dwarf, Josef Boruwlaski].

Joźef Boruwlaski, a dwarf (with an unidentified lady). Stipple engraving by W.T. Fry, 1821, after J. Downman.

Joźef Boruwlaski, a dwarf (with his wife and child?).

Joźef Boruwlaski, a dwarf (with Neil Fergusson?). Etching by J. Kay, 1802.

Memoires du célèbre nain, Joseph Boruwlaski, gentilhomme polonois. Contenant un récit fidelle et curieux de sa naissance, de son education, de son mariage, et de ses voyages. Ecrits par lui-même; revûs, corrigés, et augmentés. Imprimés à Londres en 1788.

Gulliver in the land of giants : a critical biography and the memoirs of the celebrated dwarf Joseph Boruwłaski / Anna Grześkowiak-Krwawicz ; translated by Daniel Sax.

Memoirs of the celebrated dwarf, Joseph Boruwlaski, a Polish gentelman, containing a faithful and curious account of his birth, education, marriage, travels and voyages / Written by himself; translated from the French by Mr. Des Carrieres.

Memoirs of Count Boruwlaski. Containing a sketch of his travels, with an account of his reception at the different courts of Europe, &c. &c / Written by himself.

That astonishing phenomenon Sieur Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf, respectfully acquaints the nobility and gentry, and the public in general, That he continues to receive company at his apartments, no. 168, opposite the new church in the Strand, and a few doors below the Royal Academy, every day, from ten in the morning 'till nine in the evening; admittance one shilling each person.

A second edition of the memoirs of the celebrated dwarf, Joseph Boruwlaski, a Polish gentleman. ... Written by himself; and carefully revised and corrected. And translated from the French by Mr. S. Freeman.

Mémoires du célèbre nain, Joseph Boruwlaski / [Józef Boruwlaski].

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Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837

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Memoires du célèbre nain, Joseph Boruwlaski, gentilhomme polonois. Contenant un récit fidelle et curieux de sa naissance, de son education, de son mariage, et de ses voyages. Ecrits par lui-même; revûs, corrigés, et augmentés. Imprimés à Londres en 1788.

Memoirs of Count Boruwlaski. Containing a sketch of his travels, with an account of his reception at the different courts of Europe, &c. &c / Written by himself.

A second edition of the memoirs of the celebrated dwarf, Joseph Boruwlaski, a Polish gentleman. ... Written by himself; and carefully revised and corrected. And translated from the French by Mr. S. Freeman.

Mémoires du célèbre nain, Joseph Boruwlaski / [Józef Boruwlaski].