STUPNICKI Hipolit
GALICYA
in terms of geography, topography and history
With a map of Galicia, including the Cracow region and Bukovina
Lvov 1849. from the printing house of the Ossoliński Scientific Institute. 8, pp. [4], 176, 1 plate, large fold-out map. (lithogr. 39 × 51 cm) "Galicya and Lodomerya", format 14x22.5cm
Edition 1. The work of Hipolit Stupnitsky (1806-1878), journalist and publisher of "Friend of Home".
A detailed historical and geographic-topographical description of Galicia. The book is a valuable collection of news about several hundred cities, towns and villages described almost in a guidebook convention, with all the basic information on statistics, former and modern owners, inhabitants and national minorities, their occupations, authorities, institutions, monuments and interesting places in the area, as well as local legends and legends.
Lithographed map of Galicia (39 x 51 cm)
HARDCOVER SEMI CONTEMPORARY LEATHER, SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS, GILT AND TWO COLOR SIGNS, MARBLED PAPER ON FACINGS
condition DB/ yellowing in places, traces of flooding, underlining and soiling of pages, map reinforced with paper, with significant traces of flooding