JABŁOŃSKI ZBIGNIEW, History of the theater. (handwritten ex libris by K. Wisniak)

History of the theater in Cracow in the years 1781-1830, Cracow 1980, Wydawnictwo Literackie, series: History of the Theater in Cracow volume 2, pp. 564, 15 x 21, 5, hard cloth binding, no wrappers, page edges slightly dusty.

On the title page a peculiar ex libris of Kazimierz Wiśniak: a hand-drawn drawing of a ladybug along with the signature of the author, former owner of the book. Kazimierz Wisniak - Polish stage designer, costume designer, painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, as well as co-founder of Piwnica Pod Baranami, and more recently author and illustrator of his books. The comprehensive monograph "The History of the Theater in Cracow 1781-1830" is the result of great scientific passion, creative search and study of hitherto unknown source materials by Zbigniew Jablonski (17 May 1926 Lviv - 7 October 1984 Cracow), historian, librarian, theater scholar and educator.