Kazimierz MOKŁOWSKI
FOLK ART IN POLAND
Part 1: The History of Folk Dwellings
Part 2: Monuments of Folk Art.
Lviv 1903. Published by 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, The Lifestyle of Steppe Nomads, The Racial Characteristics of Pile-Dwelling Peoples, The Origin of the Slavs, The Hunter—the European Cave Dwellers, The Steppe Tent-Dweller, What Is the Totem, the National-Tribal Symbol of the Poles?, Pictographic Writing, Forest Architecture, Noble Manors and Country Houses, Fortified Manors and Castles, Churches, Orthodox churches, bell towers, chapels, roadside crosses, and tombstones; wooden synagogues and mosques; town halls; farm buildings; farm equipment. Nearly 400 illustrations in the text, indexes.
Very rare!
HARDCOVER BINDING IN PERIOD HALF-LEATHER, WITH RAISED BINDING STITCHES, EMBOSSING, AND GILDING ON THE SPINE.
ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S COVER PRESERVED
Condition: Very Good-/minor scuffs on the binding, monogram stamp on the title page, A NICE PIECE
