FOUR centuries of the Polish phrasebook.

FOUR centuries of Polish epigrams.

Selection and introduction by Julian Tuwim. Foreword by Aleksander Bruckner. Warsaw 1937, published by J. Przeworski. 8, pp. XXXI, 524, vignettes, binding broch. original preserved, ppb. of period. Woodcuts and ornaments were selected from the typographical stock of the following Polish embossers of the 16th and 17th centuries: J. Haller, F. Ungler, H. Wietor, P. Halicz, Szarfenbergs, M. Wierzbięta, Druk. Brzeska, Druk. Lazarus, S. Sternacki. Frame used on title page decorated in 1584, 1st edition of "Fraszki" by J. Kochanowski.
Rubbing and soiling of the binding. Internally good condition.