[RADZIKOWSKI] Walery Eljasz - Illustrated Guide to the Tatra Mountains, Pieniny and Szczawnica, wyd.1, 1870, map

[RADZIKOWSKI] Walery Eljasz. Illustrated guide to the Tatra Mountains, Pieniny and Szczawnica.

Poznañ 1870; 1st ed. by J. K. Żupanski.Printed by J. I. Kraszewski pp. IV, 264; 18.5cm. Woodcuts in the text, map of the Tatra Mountains (color lithogr. 44.5x58cm) drawn from nature by the author. Map rebound in the litho of M. Salba in Cracow.

Publisher's softcover. Good condition, minor loss/tear to cover - otherwise GOOD condition!

Banach 689. First edition of an excellent guide to the Tatra Mountains and Pieniny (by 1900 it had five further editions).

"This guide (...) was very popular for nearly half a century, playing a momentous role in awakening the love of excursions to the Tatra Mountains and the Podtatrze, and contributing significantly to the popularization of Zakopane and highland culture in Polish society" (Paryscy "Wielka encyklopedia tatr", Poronin 2004, p. 253)