Paris 1934; Denoël et Steele. 14x22 cm, pp. 364, leather bookbinding, publisher's soft cover retained. Good condition (small rubbing of binding, missing movable part of back cover).
French-language historical and political essay on Poland's role in European civilization, by Édouard Krakowski(1896-1969), a colorful figure of Polish intellectual emigration in postwar Paris, an extremely prolific author of French-language historical, philosophical and literary syntheses covering a very wide range of topics - from the history of nations to studies of philosophers and writers. The foreword was written by Paul Valéry.



