ŁOZIŃSKI Władysław
POLISH LIFE IN FORMER CENTURIES
241 engravings in part in color, 24 of them on separate plates.
Fourth edition. Reviewed and in the illustration section supplemented by Mieczyslaw Treter.
Lviv 1921. by H. Altenberg - Gubrynowicz & Son, pp. VIII, 261, 24k. mirror plates (including color and fold-out), flormat 22x29.5 cm
A large-format, beautifully-edited edition of the classic historical monograph by Wladyslaw Lozinski (1843-1913) - historian, novelist, novelist.
Colorfully written and superbly illustrated storytelling about ancient customs included in chapters: Castles and palaces. Mansions and mansions. Clothes and splendors. Home and the world. Iconography mostly based on old engravings and paintings.
PUBLISHER'S HARDCOVER, CARDBOARD WITH GILT AND EMBOSSING. BINDING MADE BY ALEKSANDER SEMKOWICZ (SIGNED WITH BLIND STAMP ON BACK COVER: "A. SEMKOWICZ / LVIV BOOKBINDER".
Condition BDB-/ minor rubbing of the binding, nevertheless a VERY nice piece.
