Paris 1851, In the printing house of Bernard and Company
26 cm, [10], 268, [2], 7 p., woodcut plates on tint 22, sheet music 7, vignettes, initials, finials.
The most frequently typified book for the title of the most beautiful Polish printing of the Romantic era, by the way the most beautiful illustrated edition of the works of Adam Mickiewicz. Impressive for the quantity and quality of full-page engravings on plates and smaller ones in the text - "the most beautiful part of the book's illustrations are the initials, drawn against the background of small details of architecture or views of localities. Equally beautiful are the vignettes with accessories of armor and weapons, and finally small views of Lithuanian and Prussian cities, edifices, ruins and castle interiors" (Semkowicz, Editions of the Works of Adam Mickiewicz over the Century) - contains 100 woodcuts, 22 of them on separate plates. Drawn by J. Tysiewicz, engraved by Budziłłowicz, Kraskowski, Stypułkowski and French woodcutters. Piece on beautiful, perfectly preserved paper in valuable leather, richly decorated bibliophile binding with 24K gold gilt page edges.
