A TALE of the clothing, customs and habits of the Polish people. With 12 colored pictures and with 26 woodcuts. Cracow ...

A T ALE of the clothing, customs and habits of the Polish people. With 12 colored pictures and 26 woodcuts. Cracow 1863. Nakł. Józef Bensdorff. 16d, pp. VI, [7]-54, color plates 12. binding late pp.
Banach 637. Piece somewhat rubbed and soiled, block loosened, margins of last pages heavily trimmed. Storytelling about the history and customs of the Polish people. In the text, nearly thirty woodcuts depicting, among others, T. Kosciuszko, a highlander, Jan III Sobieski, M. Copernicus, Wawel, Rev. J. Poniatowski. On the boards, hand-colored lithographs with folk costumes: Krakowiacy, Szkalmierzaki and Proszowianie, Górale, Sandomierzanie, Podlasianie, Mazury, Wielkopolanie, Litwini, Rusini, Ukraińcy, Szlachta, Mieszczanie. Titles under the plates in Polish and French. Two lithographs printed "Fig. Walery Eljasz".