Vilnius 1930, 1937. publishing house of the Provincial Regional Committee. 24x34.5 cm, pp. 334, 193 (2 volumes in 1 volume), numerous black and white illustrations and photographs, contemporary half-leather bookbinding. Very good condition (single minimal soiling).
A richly illustrated monograph of the Vilnius region. Editorial Committee: Zygmunt Hartung, Tadeusz Lopalewski, Janusz Ostrowski, Wiktor Piotrowicz. Scientific Committee: Stanisław Kościałkowski, Bronisław Rydzewski, Władysław Zawadzki. Illustration layout by Ferdinand Ruszczyc, Ksawery Piwocki and Aleksander Budrys-Budrewicz.
Contents include: Wilno in the Polish armed effort (R. Mienicki). Vilna - the cities of Józef Piłsudski (H. Romer-Ochenkowska). Landscape of Vilnius (J. Bulhak). Vegetation of the Vilnius land (J. Trzebinski). About the animals of the Vilnius region (J. Pruffer). Our hunting (M. K. Pawlikowski). The pre-historic and early historic times of the Vilnius Land (W. Antoniewicz). Some remarks and news about the ethnography of Vilnius province (C. Baudouin de Courtenay Ehrenkreutzowa). The Polish language in the Vilnius region (H. of Jablonski Turska). Lithuanians in the Vilnius Land (J. Ostrowski). Belarusians in the Vilnius Land (S. Wysłouch). Vilnius as a center of Jewish cultural life (M. Heller). Vilnius University (R. Mienicki). Literature in Vilnius and Vilnius in literature (S. Cywinski). Printing in Vilnius (L. Abramowicz). Libraries in Vilnius (A. Lysakowski).