W. Matlakowski - Decorating and equipment of the people in Podhale. 1901. 1st ed.

MATLAKOWSKI Władysław - Zdobienie i sprzęt ludu polskiego na Podhalu. Outlines of folk life. Preceded by a biography of the author, published by Jozef Peszke. (With 2a likenesses of the author, 65 plates and over 150 engravings in the text). Warsaw 1901, printed by. P. Laskauer and W. Babicki. 4, pp. [12], XCI, [3], 176, [4], plates 65. cloth binding, cover broch. pasted on binding.
Taped loss of corners of brochure cover. and a few marginal pages, otherwise good condition. Owner's signature. Artur Kühnel, Lviv road and railroad engineer, professor at Lviv Polytechnic. First edition of the classic monograph of the material culture of Podhale. Introduction by W. Tatarkiewicz. Published posthumously, this work, which together with the earlier "Folk Construction in Podhale" "pioneering [...] works, to this day priceless, concerning not only Podhale itself, but also the Tatra Mountains (shepherding and work in the forest); they are a basic source of knowledge about the traditional folk material culture of Podhale and the Polish Tatra Mountains" (WET 730).