BYSTROŃ Jan St[anisław] - Polish surnames. 2nd ed. revised and expanded. Lwow-Warsaw 1936, Książnica-Atlas. 8,...

BYSTROŃ Jan St[anisław] - Polish surnames. 2nd ed. revised and expanded. Lwow-Warsaw 1936, Książnica-Atlas. 8, s. 334, [2]. Cloth binding, pp. with preserved booklet cover.
Wrappers broch. soiled, otherwise good condition. Owner's signature. From the author's preface: "This book is the first more extensive attempt to cover the history of Polish names [...] the only subject of my book is the custom of naming people, its formation and changes over the centuries". Includes chapters: Common Surnames, Pronoun Surnames, Misspelled Surnames, Secondary Surnames, Surnames of the Nobility, Surnames of Spouses and Children, Changes, Foreign Surnames on Polish Lands, Polish Surnames in Foreign Form, Surnames of Jews, Neophytes, Armenians and Polish Tartars, and Appendices: Surnames derived from Godforsaken Names, Funny Surname List. At the end an index of surnames.