Lvov 1904/Polskie Towarzystwo Nakładowe/ first edition/ 14.5x21.5cm/s.132/ seven illustrated boards/ bookbinding, half leather, embossed and gilded titles and decorations on the face/ very good condition, lack of original publisher's cover
First attempt at a historical monograph of the highland uprising that broke out in Podhale in February 1846 under the leadership of Jan Kanty Andruskiewicz, poet Julian Goslar and priests Jozef Leopold Kmietowicz and Michal Glowacki. This uprising, which did not have any serious political significance, is treated as an episode of the 1846 Krakow Uprising, but it became permanently inscribed in the history and legend of Podhale
Stanislaw Eljasz-Radzikowski (born June 21, 1869 in Krakow, died June 19, 1935 there) - Polish physician, painter, researcher of history, geographical nomenclature and folk culture of the Tatra Mountains and Podhale.He created watercolors, drawings, lithographs. He was a popularizer of the healing values of the mountains and the Zakopane style in architecture.