BYSTROŃ Jan St.[anisław] - Book of names in use in Poland, 1938

BYSTROŃ Jan St.[anislaw]. Księga imion w Polsce używanych. Warsaw 1938; "Rój" Publishing Society. pp. 376, [7]; 20.5cm.

Replacement softcover. Good condition, bookstore and private stamp.

A book on given names in Poland by Jan Stanislaw Bystroń (1892-1964), ethnologist, sociologist, author of works on Polish customs and mores. It contains general information about names and characteristics of individual names (popularity of their use, in the past and in the author's time).