KNOWLEDGEOF POLAND Parts 1-3 (in five volumes).
Warsaw [ca. 1930], Wiedza o Polsce Publishing House, pp. 326, 327-780, 262, 263-683, 446, numerous illustrations on separate boards, illustrations in the text, 32 cm. Decorative publisher's binding red cloth with embossing and gilt. Few abrasions-soiling-rusts of the binding, a few tears on the edges of the spine. Contemporarily doctored cases(in one a crack along the edge). Pastedowns with ex libris.
One of the monumental publications of the interwar period being a testimony of pride in the restoration of an independent country. Compendium of knowledge about Poland, created in cooperation with prominent scholars; Marian Gumowski Jan Bystron, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, among others. Volumes 1 and 2 discuss the history of the Polish lands, from prehistoric times to the present, including heraldry, numismatics and economic history. Volumes 3 and 4 present the history of Polish culture, Volume 5 is an extensive discussion of geographical and ethnographic issues.
