A description of Sokal, as well as the history of this town, related, among other things, to Casimir Poniatowski and trade relations with other towns. Historical turbulence associated with Sokal during the Cossack wars, among others, is recalled. In Sokal there is a holy picture painted by Jakub Wężyk. There is also a Bernardine monastery in Sokal, whose construction was initiated by Jan Ostroróg. (Source: Tygodnik Illustrowany, Warsaw 1862, T:5, pp. 243-246., after: Digital Library of the University of Łódź)