KRASZEWSKI J[ózef] I[gnacy]
HETMAN SINS
PAINTINGS FROM THE END OF THE XVIII CENTURY WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. KOSSAK AND A PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR
Warsaw 1879, edition and printing by S. Lewenthal, pp. 216, format 20x28 cm
The first printing of the work appeared in "Kłosy" magazine in the same year as the first self-contained book edition offered here.
The book is accompanied by 17 full-page woodcuts by Juliusz Kossak, made especially for this edition at the publisher's request. Each woodcut is signed on the plate by Kossak and the wood engraver; the illustrations were engraved by the most prominent xylographers of the second half of the 19th century.
Infrequent!
A. Banach, Polish illustrated book 1800-1900, p. 451, item 761.
HARDCOVER CLOTH BINDING OF THE PERIOD. BLIND-STAMPED DECORATIVE BORDERS ON BOTH COVERS, GILT TITLE IN THE MIRROR OF THE FRONT COVER. SPINE WITH FIELD DIVISION AND GILT TITLING
Condition DB+/ minor corner and spine edge wear, stamp on front cover and titlepage, pre-title page with trace of deletion of inscription, boards probably replaced in 20th c., few rust spots, NICE EQUIPMENT
