Brückner, History of Polish Culture vol. I-IV, 1939-1946.

Aleksander Brückner, History of Polish Culture vol. I-IV.

Volume I - From pre-historic times to 1506; J. Przeworski, Warsaw 1939; pp. [4], IX, 661; 22.5 cm.

Volume II - Poland at the peak of its power; J. Przeworski, Warsaw 1939; pp. [4], 660; 22.5 cm.

Volume III - More recent times up to 1795; J. Przeworski, Warsaw 1939; pp. [4], 456; 22.5 cm.

Volume IV - History of Partitioned Poland 1795 (1772) - 1914; Pieczątkowski and Ska, Krakow - Warsaw 1946; pp. XVI, 639; 22.5 cm.

Publisher's binding, half canvas. Loss of lower slipcase in volume III, minor loss of upper slipcase in volume IV, otherwise very good condition.

Second edition of Alexander Brückner's monumental work. The first three volumes constituting the whole left the printing presses just before the outbreak of war and for obvious reasons did not enter distribution. They were preserved through the occupation together with the hitherto unpublished fourth volume, which remained in manuscript, and which, printed after the war, was added to the surviving pieces from 1939, and thus in 1946 a uniformly bound set, complete with the first printing of the last volume, appeared for sale.