Kazimierz Dunin-Brzeziński, Polish Pomology [1929]

Author: Kazimierz DUNIN-BRZEZIŃSKI (1866–1937) [Polish pomologist, head gardener on the Sanguszko princes’ estate in Sławuta, director of the National Fruit-Growing Institute in Zaleszczyki, and, from 1920, director of the State Horticultural School in Wólka Kapitańska near Lviv]

Publisher: H. Altenberg Publishing House, Lviv

Year of publication: 1929. Second edition, revised and expanded (first edition: 1921).

Number of pages: 392.

Size: 24 cm.

Binding: Original, full-cloth publisher’s binding from the period, with a gilt title on the front cover.

Kazimierz Dunin-Brzeziński’s *Polish Pomology* is a comprehensive textbook and catalog that systematized Polish fruit-tree nomenclature. It describes and selects varieties of apple, pear, plum, sweet cherry, and sour cherry recommended for cultivation in Poland’s climate. The 1929 edition was published following the exceptionally harsh winter of 1928–1929, which destroyed many Polish orchards, and proved to be of great practical importance in their restoration.

Provenance: On the title page, the signature “Tadeusz Łopiński, Eng.” On the back cover, a blind embossed inscription reading “Józef Liczbiński Mail-Order Bookstore and Publishing House – Poznań.”

In its original binding, for lovers of orchards and classic gardening literature.

Cloth-bound volume in excellent condition, with clear gilt lettering and stiff covers.

An item from the 19th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.