JANIKOWSKI, Leopold - In the jungles of Africa : memoirs of a Polish African expedition in 1882-1890....

JANIKOWSKI, Leopold - In the jungles of Africa : recollections from the Polish African expedition of 1882-1890. Warsaw 1936, Maritime and Colonial League. 21 cm, pp. 207, [1], pp. plates [7] with illustrations.
Leopold Janikowski (1855-1942) was a meteorologist, ethnographer and traveler, participant in the first Polish documented research expedition to Africa led by Stefan Szolc-Rogozinski. On the front cover is a handwritten dedication by Andrzej Kulwieć (1884-1946)-soldier of Jozef Pilsudski's 1st Cadre Company of the Legions, adjutant to General Władysław Sikorski, lecturer at the Officer School for Non-Commissioned Officers in Bydgoszcz, during World War II in the resistance movement. One plate missing, traces of light dampness.