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Im Lande des weißen Adlers. Bilder aus Polen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart
Stein, Walther (Hrsg.) Im Lande des weißen Adlers. Bilder aus Polen in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. [In the Land of the White Eagle. Pictures of Poland in Past and Present.] Leipzig / Berlin: Verlag Grethlein & Co. G.m.b.H., [ca. 1920s]. 4to. 112, [1] pp. With numerous full-page and in-text illustrations, portraits, and photographic reproductions. Original publisher’s illustrated boards, cover vignette of Thaddäus Kosciuszko on horseback, decorated with ornamental border in color. A richly illustrated volume offering historical, cultural, and social views of Poland, edited by Walther Stein, with a historical introduction. Contains portraits of Polish leaders, cultural figures, and views of Warsaw and other Polish cities. Published in the interwar period when Poland had regained independence after World War I. Binding lightly rubbed, bumped tips, interior clean with only mild toning consistent with age. A very good copy. Inv. H9ho