Krakow - Warsaw 1928. publishing house and circulation of "Ilustrowana Kurier Codzienny", "Światowid", "Na szerokim świecie". 39 cm, pp. (2), 1207, (3), black and white illustrations in the text, richly decorated cloth binding, signed in dry-erase - Kazimierz Legeżyński and Aleksander Semkowicz. Good condition (rubbing of the spine edges, small loss of canvas at the back of the binding).
An impressive publication of the interwar period, prepared to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Poland's regaining independence. Publisher and editor-in-chief: Marian Dabrowski. Cover, artistic and graphic layout and ornamentation of the work according to proj. art. mal. Alfred Żmuda. The binding was done by the bookbinding plants of Kazimierz Legeżyński and Aleksander Semkowicz in Lviv. The texts were prepared by the best historians and lawyers of the twentieth century: Jerzy Smoleński, Stanisław Estreicher, Adam Krzyżanowski, Adam Chmiel and many others. The content was divided into sections: Geography, history and state system. Reconstruction of the country, communications, spas, summer resorts, tourism. Literature and art. Scientific farm.