Chamber of Crafts, Commemorative book of crafts published on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Chamber of Crafts in Katowice 1922-1947

Katowice, 1948, Published by the Chamber of Crafts in Katowice, 30 cm

439 p., [2] p. of plates, il.

Piece preserved in good condition, visible rubbing on the binding.
Full brown leather. Binding bound with a five-panel spine. Embossing on the spine fields, covers and edges. Titling in gold on leather signboard. Hand-marbled bindings. The edges of the pages gilded. Ex. in binding from the workshop of Antykwariat Polski.

A comprehensive, richly illustrated monograph of crafts in Polish Silesia. Includes, among others: From the distant and near past of the Silesian-Dąbrowa crafts; Monographs of the Silesian-Dąbrowa Guilds and their Associations as well as portraits - from B. Bierut through H. Minec, J. Ziętek to MP J.Sadłowski.