PRUS Boleslaw [GŁOWACKI Aleksander].
LALKA
t. I-III [co-edited set].
Illustrated by Antoni Uniechowski
Layout by Ewa Frysztak
Antoni Uniechowski coat-of-arms Ostoja (born February 23, 1903 in Vilnius, died May 23, 1976 in Warsaw) was a Polish illustrator. In 1923-1930 he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw under Karol Tiche (painting) and Wojciech Jastrzębowski (designing solids and planes). He was involved in posters, film and theater set design, and above all book illustration; he created light and freehand ink drawings, lavished with watercolor, gouache or tempera; he illustrated, among other things, the Voltaire's Philosophical Poems (1948), Henryk Sienkiewicz's The Deluge (1949), Ignacy Krasicki's Monachomachia (1953), Stefan Żeromski's Ashes (1954), Bolesław Prus' Lalka (1962) and Emancypantki (1972), F.H Burnett's The Little Princess (1980). From 1945 to 1956 he collaborated with the weekly Przekrój.
Warsaw 1969, PIW, pp. 334 [2], 393 [1], 332 [2]; format 15x21.5cm
HARDCOVER IN CONTEMPORARY HALF LEATHER, SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS, EMBOSSING AND GILT; DECORATIVE HAND-COLORED MARBLED PAPER ON FACINGS, STAINED PAGE EDGES
CONDITION BDB/ BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE PIECE
CONDITION BDB/ BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE PIECE
