MICKIEWICZ Adam
LORD MICHAEL,
or the last inn in Lithuania.
With pages and 12 drawings
specially prepared for this edition by
Kazimierz Alchimowicz, painter.
Published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Bard, through the efforts of the editors of "Przegląd tygodniowy".
Warsaw 1898, editors of "Przegląd Tygodniowy", pp [4], IV, 295, pp. [ 12] illustrated plates, [12] illustrations in the text - zincographs, format 19x29.5 cm
HARDCOVER HALF-LEATHER BINDING, PERIOD. SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING AND GILT, CARDBOARD MARBLED. PAGE EDGES MARBLED. DECORATIVE LINING OF MARBLED PAPER IN THE SO-CALLED. "LAW'S EYE."
Edited illustrated by Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840-1916) - painter, "Munich painter", pupil of Wojciech Gerson, great admirer of the works of Adam Mickiewicz. He was a deportee after the January Uprising. He painted Lithuanian historical and legendary themes, landscapes from his native Vilnius, Tatra landscapes, portraits, genre and religious scenes.
See: Banach - Polish Illustrated Book 458.
Condition BDB-/ minor rubbing of binding, some discoloration, scratched small piece of paper on back cover, BEAUTIFUL EXHIBITION , EFFECTIVE CO VER.