£90 - £180
Poland Travel Booklet Art Deco Kazimierz Mann. Original vintage travel booklet for Poland featuring a stunning design by Kazimierz Mann (1910-1975) depicting a couple in colourful traditional folk costumes. The booklet includes general information on the country, major cities and tourist destinations, national holidays and customs, cuisine, sports, health resorts, practical hints and the map of Europe; featuring photographs of the motorship Pilsudski at the maritime Station in Gdynia, Poznan Town Hall, the Govt. Postal Savings Bank in Warsaw, Prince Poniatowski's monument and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, the Wawel castle in Cracow, St Mary's Church in Cracow, the Cathedral in Lwow, wild boar hunting in Eastern Poland, Wilanow the Baroque Palace of king John III Sobieski, mountaineers dancing, types of Tatra mountaineers, a fragment of the main altar in St Mary's Church carved by Wit Stwosz in the XV century, a flock of sheep in the Tatra mountains, the ropeway in Kasprowy in the Tatra mountains, a fragment of the ancient castle of Wisnicz, the Dunajec river in the picturesque Pieniny Mountains, the Internation Balloon race for the Gordon Bennett cup in Warsaw, general view of Krynica, St Anne's church in Wilno, fisherman in Polesie district, the Corpus Christi Procession on the Cracow Market Square, and a Military Parade in Warsaw. Published by the League for Promotion of Tourism Polish State Railways. Printed by Drukarnia Narodowa, Krakow, Poland. Good condition, minor staining, minor creasing, small tears. Country of issue: Poland, designer: Kazimierz Mann, size (cm): 23x10, year of printing: 1937.
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