ŁOZIŃSKI Władysław - Życie polskie w dawnych wiekach. Wyd. V, illustrated, revised and supplemented. Warsaw 1934....

ŁOZIŃSKI Władysław - Życie polskie w dawnych wiekach. Wyd. V, illustrated, revised and supplemented. Warsaw 1934, published by J. Przeworski. 4, pp. VIII, 251, tabl. 100. oryg. fl. decor.
Slight soiling of the binding, very good condition inside. Includes, among others: Castles and palaces, Mansions and mansions, Outfits and splendors, Home and world, Index of persons and places
"Polish Life" is one of the peak scientific achievements of W. Lozinski. It has had more than a dozen editions, including several - also presented here - that are typographically exquisite. In the preface to the third edition, the author thanks Alfred Altenberg for "sparing no expense" and for his "effective assistance in the search and selection of engravings and his efforts to ensure their artistic reproduction." The collected illustrative material is indeed impressive, and the technical quality of the reproductions is very high. The book's contemporary publishers cite in their promotional materials the diary of Jan Lechon, a prominent poet who died in exile, in which he recalls that the illustrations appeared in his dreams. Lozinski's book, which emphasized the splendor, richness and colorfulness of Old Polish life, strengthened Polish morale and served, like Sienkiewicz's trilogy, to "enrich hearts," although the author himself makes no secret that sometimes the phenomena he describes should be called "rich misery."