MARLEWSKI Francis, The Year of God.

The Year of God.

In the liturgy and tradition of the Holy Church, with attention to folk rites and customs and Polish literature. A book for the instruction and edification of faithful Catholics. Compiled by Rev. L. Niedbal, Rev. E. Klitsche, Rev. S. Wullert, Mrs. Helena Zoltowska. Edited by (...). 2nd ed. Katowice 1932, St. Stanislaus Publishing House. 4, pp. VII, 479, illustrations on separate plates, publisher's decorative cloth binding.
Violet-colored linen, colorful image of Christ decorated with gilt ornament on face, gilt on spine. Abrasions of the binding. Foreign dedication on the preface page. Extensive study of the traditional Polish ceremonial year, divided into 3 parts: Christmas Period, Easter Period and Pentecost Period. Each chapter contains dozens of shorter texts with descriptions of forms of celebration, customs, songs, legends, parables, excerpts from ethnographic sources, depicting Polish traditions of cultivating holidays in the annual ritual cycle.