ESTREICHER Karol - Kraków. A guide for visitors to the city and its environs. 103 engravings and city plan. Kraków 1931. Towarzystwo Miłośników Historji i Zabytków Krakowa. 16d, pp. VIII, 286, [8], tabl. 1, plan rozkł. 1. dustjacket. gilt leather, stained trim.
Small tear to edges of plan, otherwise very good condition. City plan cut by the publisher into three parts and placed at the end. First edition of one of the best guides to the city. "The 4 walks established by the author, i.e., from the railroad station to the Market Square, around the Market Square, from the Market Square to the Wawel Castle, around the Wawel Castle and from the Wawel Castle to Kazimierz, together with a description of the historical buildings along the routes, basically exhaust the knowledge of old Cracow. In addition, the author added information about churches, and outside the downtown area, also about new buildings and cemeteries, and proposed a route for walking and suburban tours" (J. Duda "Przewodnikniki po Krakowie [...] w pierwszej pół XX w." in Rocznik Krak., 1998, p. 160).
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