GUSTAWICZ BRONISLAW, WYROBEK EMIL
BOOK OF ADVENTURES AND TRAVELS
The latest discoveries and inventions in the fields of industry, technology, nature, physics, chemistry, astronomy and meteorology, as well as descriptions of travels, hunting adventures, countries and peoples.
(From the Universe Vol. III)
2 volumes [containing ca. 150 pages, out of a larger whole comprising a total of 482 pages].
Lodz-Warszawa-Lwow [1912], Nakł. księgarnia L. Fiszera, E. Wende, H. Altenberg, pp. 17-32, 65-80, 113-127, 161-176, 209-224, numerous illustrations in the text, color plates outside the text 3,; 33-48, 81-96, 129-144, 177-192, 225-240, numerous illustrations in the text, color plates outside the text 3, format 16x23cm
Contains a lot of interesting and peculiar information, such as about the land of dwarfs, about the game of dogs in soccer, venomous snakes, the Sahara and its inhabitants, a new device for photography, technical inventions in the service of the army and others.
PUBLISHER'S HARD CLOTH BINDING. STRIKING DECORATIVE FRONTISPIECE WITH STAINED EMBOSSING AND GILT. CARD TRIMS STAINED.
Condition DB/ binding scuffs, illustrations missing on frontispiece, stamp and inscription on title page, minor cleaning wear.
