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Jan Potocki

Books by Jan Potocki

Lived: 1761–1815

Nationality: Austrian

Gender: male

Catalog: 2 books

Count Jan Potocki (8 March 1761 – 23 December 1815) was a Polish nobleman, Polish Army Captain of Engineers, ethnologist, Egyptologist, linguist, traveler, adventurer, and popular author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a legendary figure in his homeland. Outside Poland he is known chiefly for his novel, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. **Source**: Jan Potocki on Wikipeida.

  1. 1Cover of The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
  2. 2Cover of Manuscrito encontrado en Zaragoza

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