POL Wincenty, Song of our Land.

Song of our land.

With illustrations by Juliusz Kossak. Poznan 1865; Nakł. J. K. Żupański. 4, fronitispis (intaglio), pp. [4], 48, 7 plates (including 2 copperplate engravings by St. Lukomski and 5 intaglio engravings by J. J. Outhwaite), wraps oryg. broch. preserved, binding introit. brown leather with embossing on front and back covers, and embossing and gilt on spine.
Good condition. Traces of rust stains on pages and boards. Art binding by J. Budnik. On the back of the title page an ex-libris of Wladyslaw Plachcinski (1879-1955) - a dry-etch by K. Brandl made before 1936. Illustrated edition of the most famous work by W. Pol (1807-1872), poet, geographer, professor of the Jagiellonian University. The work was written during the author's stay at the estate of T. Skrzynski in Zagórzany near Gorlice. Excerpts were printed in "Orędownik Naukowy" in 1842, the whole work was published in Poznań in 1843. The work describes in poetic form the Polish lands visited by the author. Illustrations by Juliusz Kossak, title: Lithuania, Zmudź, Volhynia, Ukraine, Podolia, Tatra Mountains, Krakowskie-Proszowskie-Kujawskie-Sandomierskie.