Number of pages: 252<\/p>\n
Size: 18 cm<\/p>\n
Binding: Original period half-leather bookbinder’s binding with embossing on the spine<\/p>\n
Volume II of \u201cA Treasure Trove for Families in the City and Countryside\u201d is a guide devoted to exercise, home entertainment, and women\u2019s professional work. It includes tips for cyclists\u2014at a time when the bicycle was still a novelty (the Warsaw Cyclists\u2019 Society was founded in 1886)\u2014as well as rules for ice skating, swimming lessons, and indoor gymnastics. The section on culture includes a primer on music, rules for recitation, and a repertoire of plays to perform in the parlor, while the section on women\u2019s work presents the opportunities available at the time for earning an income outside the home. The chapters on needlework, recitation, and home theater provide a good picture of social life in Polish homes under foreign rule, where the parlor was often the center of cultural life.<\/p>\n
An interesting account of the emergence of modern leisure time and women\u2019s professional activities in Poland in the late 19th century.<\/p>\n
The volume is intact. The paper is slightly dulled, with small spots; the text is legible. On the title page, there is a small loss of paper near the stitching, with no loss of text. The period half-leather binding holds the block firmly; the spine leather shows signs of wear, the corners are scuffed, and the title on the spine is barely legible. No library stamps.<\/p>\n
An item from the 19th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Title: A Treasury for Families in the City and in the Countryside. Volume II.
Compiled by: The Editorial Board of \u201cBiesiada Literacka\u201d
Publisher: \u201cBiesiada Literacka\u201d Publishing House, Warsaw
Year of publication: [ca. 1889] (date estimated based on the content and the publisher\u2019s bibliography\u2014the year was not explicitly stated in the printed edition)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4536],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-45576","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-art-and-culture","first","instock","sold-individually","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/45576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=45576"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=45576"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antykwariat-polski.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=45576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}