A book from the well-known Polish Craft and Polish Industry series detailing the Polish catering industry from medieval times to the present. It contains numerous illustrations, depicting not only the 'establishments' themselves and their plans and designs, but also furnishings of period engravings, scenes from literature and folklore, and the like. In addition, there are more than 100 cards with illustrations and photos at the back of the book.
Contents:
- Medieval tabernacles
- Inns, taverns and inns in the 16th-18th centuries
- Hams, taverns, beer houses of the 1st half of the 19th century
- Restaurants and cafes of the second half of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century
- In the times of the Second Polish Republic
- Shadows and splendors of gastronomy in People's Poland
- Gastronomy in folklore, literature and art.
Bibliography.
Publisher: Ossolineum, 1979.
Format: 190 x 210 mm, 137 pages + 109 pages of illustrations.
Very good condition with minus due to a loss in the corner of the wrapper visible in the photo.
