Seweryna DUCHIÑSKA
KINGS OF POLAND
In images and songs ...
Introduction in prose by Hr. Wojciech Dzieduszycki.
Drawings by Walery Eljasz.
Poznan 1893, order of K. Kozlowski, pp. [4], XV,128, [3], 48 plates in woodcut (complete; including 44 images of kings); format 23.5x32 cm
A rhymed tale of Polish history, illustrated with drawings by Walery Eljasz and accompanied by a preface - an inspired manifesto of messianism - by the well-known politician, philosopher and essayist, Wojciech Dzieduszycki.
Jan Kanty Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski (used the name Walery) (born September 13, 1840 in Cracow, died March 23, 1905 in Cracow) - Polish painter and photographer, popularizer of the Tatra Mountains and Zakopane, co-founder of the Tatra Society, author of Tatra guides, member of the correspondent of the Society of the Polish National Museum in Rapperswil from 1897, member of the Faculty of the Sokol Gymnastic Society in Cracow in 1895.
Uncommon.
PUBLISHER'S HARDCOVER CLOTH DECORATED WITH EMBOSSING AND GILDING
Condition BDB-/ minor rubbing of binding edges, small dedication on front pastedown, otherwise nice, clean copy .
