URBAŃSKI Antoni - Memento kresowe [first edition 1929].

Warsaw 1929, published by the author. 17x24.5 cm, pp. VIII, 156, black and white photographs in the text, publisher's soft cover. Good condition (supplemented paper loss on the spine, foreign dedication on the pre-title page, small fold of the cover).

First edition.

Publication being a kind of tribute to the borderlands of the former Republic of Poland. Memento kresowe is a collection of historical and cultural sketches devoted to the history, architecture and people living in the Polish Eastern Borderlands. The author passionately brings to light the fate of former noble residences, tells about forgotten estates and palaces, and draws a picture of everyday life in these areas. The text is supplemented with numerous illustrations and photographs documenting the borderland heritage, most of which was destroyed during the turmoil of the 20th century.

In Memento of the Borderlands , the author describes the destroyed mansions that were located in Podolia, Volhynia, Polesia and Minsk. Among them are: Mankovo, Szpikow, Klimashowka, Kazimierek, Severinowka, Stanislawow, Rakishki, Wyszki, Kuchcice, Berdyczow, Adampol, Rybczynce.