PAWLIKOWSKI Jan Gwalbert, On the Lyceum of the Earth.

About the Lyceum of the Earth.

A selection of writings... Warsaw 1938. published by the State Council for Nature Protection. 8, pp. XVI, 399, portrait of the author, photo 38, fig. 32, wrappers oryg. broch.
Uncorrected discoloration of covers, title page missing, yellowish spots on preface page, otherwise good condition. A collection of articles and dissertations by the prominent mountaineer and speleologist, Jan Gwalbert Pawlikowski (1860-1939), devoted to the issues of protecting the nature of the Tatra Mountains, the activities of the Tatra National Park and the cultural landscape of Podhale. A significant part of the book contains an extensive, insightful and richly illustrated study of highland architecture and the "Zakopane style" by Stanislaw Witkiewicz, which is still one of the most important theoretical statements on the subject.