ZIMMERMANN Kazimierz. Frederick the Great and his agricultural colonization of the Polish lands, 1-2 sets. Poznan 1915. by St. Adalbert's Printing House and Bookstore. pp. XX, 398, in pocket: k. tabl. loos. 11 (10 rotogravures, 1 plan), k. maps loos. fold. 2 (lithographs 59x59cm, 49x41.5cm); XII, 495, [1]; 25cm.
Half cloth hardcover with gilt on spine, decorative paper on faces, top edge of pages stained red, front and back booklet covers preserved. Good condition, minor rubbing of binding, minor tear of one map.
A monumental study created on the basis of extensive source material, comprehensively documenting the gradual Germanization of the Polish lands, going well beyond merely agricultural matters.
Kazimierz Zimmermann (1867-1925 ) - Polish Catholic priest, theologian, economist, theoretician of Christian-social thought, rector of the Jagiellonian University.