MOKŁOWSKI Kazimierz
FOLK ART IN POLAND
Part 1: History of Folk Art.
Part 2: Monuments of folk art.
Lviv 1903. Nakł. Księg. H.Altenberg. 8, pp. (10), 552, nearly 400 illustrations in the text; format16x23.5 cm
Includes, among others: What influences the shape of a house, Life background in steppe-people, Raciality of pile peoples, Origin of the Slavs, Hunter - European caveman, Steppe tentmaker, What is the totem, the national-tribal sign of the Poles? Pictorial writing, Forest buildings, Mansions and mansions of the nobility, Defensive mansions and castles, Churches, Orthodox churches, belfries, chapels, roadside crosses and tombstones, Wooden synagogues and mosques, Town halls, Farm buildings, Hardware. Nearly 400 illustrations in the text, indexes.
Uncommon!
HARDCOVER HALF-LEATHER BINDING OF THE PERIOD, RAISED SCROLLS ON THE SPINE, EMBOSSING AND GILT.
PRESERVED PUBLISHER'S COVER
Condition BDB-/ minor rubbing of binding, monogram stamp on title page, NICE piece
