BETTERÓWNA A. - Polish book illustrations of the 15th and 16th centuries. 1929. with dedication by the author.

BETTERÓWNA Antonina - Polskie ilustracye książkowe XV i XVI wieku (1490-1525). Lvov 1929. published by the Scientific Society. 4, pp. [2], 111, [1]. broch. Odb. from "Prac Sekcyi Historyi Sztuki i Kultury".
Good condition. An important, classic monograph illustrated with technically good 69 reproductions. Includes, among others: Beginnings of woodcut technique in the West and Poland; Book woodcuts of the 15th century; Woodcuts of the 16th century (woodcuts of the printing house of Jan Haller, woodcuts of the printing house of Floryan Ungler, woodcuts of the printing house of Hieronim Wietor); General view of the development of woodcut art in Poland (development of technique, coloring, Polish woodcut against Western European art, native features, artists). A German summary of the book and a card with the author's handwritten dedication are included.