2nd ed. With 24 chromolithographed plates and 235 engravings in the text. Warsaw, M. Arct, 1907.
20 cm, pp. VIII, 564, plates 24. leather binding.
Enjoying high popularity, repeatedly reissued, because extremely attractive editorially, the work of the esteemed Polish naturalist, Bohdan Dyakowski (1864-1940). Stories full of passion and charm, complemented by striking images in chromolithography of animal life.
A complete piece of the usual "read edition," in very well-preserved condition, with 1 page slightly creased in crayon and a handwritten portrait in pencil on the blank reverse of one of the plates. Volume in bibliophilic binding made by Antykwariat Polski.