HENRY SIENKIEWICZ
QUO VADIS
A novel from the time of Nero
The first self-contained book edition!
"It was first published in episodes in Warsaw's "Gazeta Polska" (1895-96) and, with a minimal delay to "Gazeta," also in the Cracow daily "Czas" and "Dziennik Poznański." Soon the novel was published in compact form - its premiere took place in Krakow, in 1896. The novel was a worldwide success and was translated into more than fifty languages." source: wikipedia.org.
Rare!
Warsaw 1896, Nakład Gebethner i Wolff, pp. 309, 253, 345, format 12x17.5 cm
HARDCOVER SEMI LEATHER FROM THE EPOCH, SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING AND GILDING
Condition DB/ spine abrasions, minimal corner rubbing, slight spine bias, own inscription, on the backstrip of vol.1, occasional discoloration, quite a NICE piece
