CHODŹKO LA POLOGNE [Kisiel binding].

CHODŹKO Leonard - La Pologne historique, littéraire, monumentale et illustrée [opr. Kisiel].

aryż 1839-1841, Au Bureau Central. 19.5x28.50 cm, pp. (4), 472, b/w and color illustrations on separate plates (steel engravings), fold-out map of Poland, hard luxury binding of the period, made by Kisiel - bookbinder of Polish origin, signature at the bottom of the spine of the binding, five-panel spine with the emblem of Poland and Lithuania. Good condition (binding after professional conservation, restored leather fragments on the spine, traces of foxing on some of the pages).

An illustrated history of Poland in the 18th and 19th centuries. Published as a supplement to the three-volume edition of La Pologne. Stalorites depict portraits of famous personalities of the period, including: Jan Sobieski, Tadeusz Rejtan, Henryk Dabrowski, Józef Poniatowski or Zofia Zamoyska. In addition to portraits, there are also engravings with views of cities (Warsaw, Cracow, Tyniec), battle plans or images of coins.

The whole book is published in a luxurious binding by Wincenty Kisiel - a bookbinder who emigrated to Paris after the November Uprising, where he took up book binding. He is considered one of the greatest masters of Polish bookbinding.