Warsaw 1928, published by the University, Main Composition: Atlas Bookstore, Series: University of Warsaw. Dissertations 5, pp. 102, form. 17 x 24.5, 49 illustrations on separate boards (light prints). Booklet binding, soiling, scratches, small losses on spine and front cover, corners bent. Inside a clean piece (a few circles). Embossed ownership monogram in upper corner of cover, indicating collection of engineer Leon Dietz d'Arma (1902-72), Polish architect of the modernism period, collector of miniatures associated with Upper Silesia.
The oldest, most numerous and most valuable graphic collection in the country, its origins date back to 1818, when the collection of King Stanislaw August's Cabinet of Engravings was purchased. The book contains an extensive, detailed description of this collection and later acquisitions, illustrations. of valuable objects (including drawings) and a directory of names, localities.
