S. Wasylewski - Monastery and woman. 1923. with woodcuts by W. Skoczylas.

WASYLEWSKI Stanisław - Klasztor i kobieta. A study in the history of Polish culture in the Middle Ages. 10 woodcuts, 8 initials by Wladyslaw Skoczylas. Lvov-Poznan 1923, Polish ed. 4, pp. [16], 138, [3], plates 8. publisher's ornate period fl. with preserved booklet cover.
Gronska 501; SPKL 342. Cover partly dusty, bottom margin of first page cut off, otherwise very good condition inside. The first book illustrated with original woodcuts by Wladyslaw Skoczylas. On boards 8 original full-page woodcuts ("The Wilderness", "Clearing the Forest", "St. Francis' Sermon to the Birds", "The Devil's Temptations", "The Punishment of Flogging", "The Choking of the Witch", "The Illuminator's Helper"), in the text 18 (many repeated) bright red woodcut initials by the same artist. The brooch. covers, on which two woodcuts were placed, have been preserved. Individual chapters bear titles: In the Year of Our Lord 1001, On the Sisters and Brothers of St. Norbert, On the Breakfasted Cistercians and the Black Benedictines, On the Nightingale of Assisi and the Ladies of the Wawel Court, Among the Ivy of the Sacred Legend, The Struggle with Satan, Life Behind the Bar, Struggle with a man, Farming on the land, garden and sea, Hospital, pharmacy, court of God, Piast of Polish civilization, When two centuries passed, "Destroy the monasteries", Rebellion of the renegades, Polish nuns against the Reformation. At the end an extensive bibliography for each chapter.
S. Wasylewski (1885-1953) - author of more than 20 excellent books devoted mainly to Polish customs and the history of Polish culture. As Krzysztof Masloñ stated: "Because he wrote about history engagingly, he was fought against by historians." In this book, the author, with great swagger and humor, introduces the reader to the sometimes dangerous world of medieval monasteries, folk legends and superstitions.