SCHNEIDER Antoni - Guide to Lviv. Second edition with a plan of the city of Lviv [1875].

Lviv 1875, published by the Gubrynowicz and Schmidt bookstore. 9.5x14.5 cm, pp. (2), XXXIX, 80, (32) - advertisements and list of publications of Gubrynowicz & Schmidt's bookstore in Lviv, black and white illustrations on separate pages, black and white fold-out city plan on paste-down, contemporary cloth spine. Good condition (pen underlining of the text on a few pages [in the list of publications], small tears and creases in the plan, small loss in the corner of the title page, single delicate dampstains, losses and abrasions of the veneer).

A Guide to Lviv by Antoni Schneider (1825-1880) is the second edition of the oldest Polish guide to Lviv . The guide describes in detail the history of Lviv, its main squares, streets and suburbs: Halickie, Krakowski, Zolkiewskie and Lychakowskie. It includes information about the most important buildings, churches, monasteries, public establishments and hospitals, addresses of hotels, cafes, restaurants and bath establishments, as well as a list of addresses of lawyers, doctors, artists, craftsmen and industrialists. The second edition was enriched with black-and-white engravings depicting, among other things, the city hall, a panorama of Lviv with the mound, the Ossoline National Institute, the theater, the fair at St. George's, and the imperial swimming pool. Piece with preserved fold-out city plan.