SZYDŁOWSKI Tadeusz - Ruins of Poland. Description of the damage caused by the war in the field of art monuments in the lands of Malopolska and Red Ruthenia. With 227 engravings and orjentation map. Lvov [preface 1919]. Druk. Narodowa, Cracow. 4, pp. VII, [1], 213, [2]. Orig. binding, fl. decor.
Minor stains inside, good condition. Stamp. and own signature. Richly illustrated monograph on the destruction of palaces, manors, churches and other monuments of material culture in Malopolska and Ukraine. The book makes clear the enormity of the losses suffered by Poland during World War I. Kazimierz-on-Vistula, now considered a pearl of Polish Renaissance urbanism, is a perfect example of the irreparable and impossible to restore losses in the national heritage monument stock. Includes, among others: Losses in monuments of religious medieval art, Destroyed castles and palaces, Damage to ancient urban architecture, Wooden churches, Orthodox churches and synagogues, Desolation of manor houses, Care of monuments during the war and the most urgent demands of the present.
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