Warsaw 1930; Trzaska, Evert and Michalski. 20x27.5 cm, pp. X, 831, VIII, 682, XI, 846, VIII, 815, (4), 1044, (4), 904, black and white illustrations in the text and on separate plates, hardcover publisher's bindings from the Artistic Bindery. Very good condition.
A monumental publication on the history of world literature. Volume IV devoted almost entirely to Polish literature and Slavic literatures. Edited by Stanislaw Lam. Among the contributors the most important literary scholars: Aleksander Bruckner, Sergiusz Kulakowski, W. Tarnawski, St. Kolaczkowski.