(ATLAS). BAZEWICZ J(ózef) M(ichal) - Geographical illustrated atlas of the Kingdom of Poland.

(ATLAS). BAZEWICZ J(ózef) M(ichal) - Geographical Atlas illustrated of the Kingdom of Poland.

On the basis of the latest sources compiled. Edited by (...).Warsaw 1907. published by J. M. Bazewicz. (30 x 23.5 cm), pp. [2], 85 lithographed color maps with views on separate plates (including 1 typeset), frontispiece in lithography, publisher's cloth binding, spine made contemporary (leather).
Binding faded with traces of rubbing, soiling and strong stains. Text part missing (pages: 118) . Wear of gilt titling on the front cover. One of the most beautiful Polish atlases, compiled. and published by J. M. Bazewicz (1867-1929) - geographer, cartographer, bookseller, publisher and publicist. The cartographic section opens with a general map of the Kingdom of Poland, followed by 84 decorative maps of counties, made at the Warsaw lithographic workshop of B. A. Bukaty, signed "Lit. B. A. Bukaty, Warsaw." The maps of the counties are accompanied by colorful plans, views of characteristic places (monuments, monuments, churches, palaces, ruins of castlesd, general villages, nature monuments) and images of folk costumes from each region. The second part of the atlas is the "Description of the Kingdom of Poland to the Illustrated Geographical Atlas" (Warsaw 1907. Printed by A. Pęczalski and K. Marszałkowski), which contains a brief historical-geographical sketch of each county and a directory of localities.