Clothing of the Old Republic of Poland | 2016

Description

Book Title: Stroje Dawnej Rzeczpospolitej
Translation: Clothing of the Old Republic of Poland
Author: Andrzej Famielec
Language(s): Polish with English summary and captions
Published: Warsaw, Poland – 2016
Format & Size: Softcover – 8.25″ x 5.75″
Pages: 72
Book Condition: New
Description: A collection of images first published in 1841 presenting traditional costumes of historic Poland, which at the time did not exist as a political entity on the world map. The Old Republic, which existed from the fourteenth-eighteenth century, included not only parts of modern Poland, but also regions of Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus which are thus represented in these 39 drawings. Preceded by an introduction and explanation of the original publication and the included regions.