Jan BULHAK (1876-1950) and others, Poland in landscape and monuments, 1930

set of 2 volumes, publisher's hardcover, cloth; 36 x 24 cm;
Signed in dry-erase on rear face: F.J.RADZISZEWSKI WARSAW.
Publisher's binding designed and made by the eminent bookbinder Franciszek Joachim Radziszewski (1876-1941), an artist-binder whose works are characterized by distinctive ornamentation, and who is today regarded as one of the best Polish bookbinders.
A richly illustrated publication depicting the sights of pre-war Poland. The photos were taken by the best Polish photographers: Jan Bułhak, Henryk Poddębski, Zdzisław Marcinkowski, Jan Jaroszyński. The texts were compiled by Tadeusz Szydłowski, Jan Lankau, Antoni Karczewski, Jerzy Remer, Aleksander Janowski, Juliusz Kłos. The work contains descriptions of natural conditions and monuments of major cities and regions, and nearly 1,500 photos.
Photo descriptions in four languages - Polish, English, French and German.
Volume I: Warsaw, Warsaw and Lodz Provinces, Kielce Province, Lublin and Bialystok Provinces, Sea and Pomerania, Poznan Province, Upper Silesia.
Volume II: Cracow and Cracow Voivodeship, Tatra Mountains and Western Pieniny, Lviv Voivodeship, Stanislawow and Ternopil Voivodeships, Volhynia and Polesie, Vilnius and surrounding areas,
Vilnius and Novogrudok Province.
Preservation condition: minor rubbing of the binding on the corners, in the first volume a small tear in the spine, otherwise very good condition.