HUGO- WRETCHES.
Vol. 1-2 (complete in 2 vols.)
illustrations by Antoni Uniechowski
Antoni Uniechowski coat-of-arms Ostoja (born February 23, 1903 in Vilnius, died May 23, 1976 in Warsaw) - Polish illustrator. Between 1923 and 1930 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw under Karol Tiche (painting) and Wojciech Jastrzębowski (designing solids and planes). He was involved in posters, film and theater set design, and above all book illustration; he created light and freehand ink drawings, lavished with watercolor, gouache or tempera; he illustrated, among other things, the Voltaire's Philosophical Poems (1948), Henryk Sienkiewicz's The Deluge (1949), Ignacy Krasicki's Monachomachia (1953), Stefan Żeromski's Ashes (1954), Bolesław Prus' Lalka (1962) and Emancypantki (1972), F.H Burnett's The Little Princess (1980). From 1945 to 1956 he collaborated with the weekly magazine Przekrój.
Warsaw 1954, ISKRY, pp. 333, 439; in each volume illustrations on separate pages; format 17.5 x 24.5 cm
HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER. SPINES WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING AND GILT. DECORATIVE BORDER ON COVERS. DECORATIVE LINING OF HAND-DYED MARBLED PAPER, PAGE EDGES DECORATED WITH THE SAME MARBLED PATTERN.
BDB condition/ a nice set.
