Jan Matejko - Ubiory in Poland (1200 - 1795), Cracow 1967

Jan Matejko - Ubiory in Poland (1200 - 1795), Cracow 1967

Wydawnictwo Literackie

Arrangement of illustrations by Adam Stalony-Dobrzański.

Hardcover, cloth with titling. Minor soiling of the cover. Stamps. Overall condition + good.

Number of pages : 260

Format : 23 x 25 [cm].

The first edition of Clothes in Poland was published in 1860. It was made in the technique of lithography in the printing house of "Czas" in Cracow. The dimensions of both the first and second editions were 57.4 × 85.5 cm.

The third edition was published in Warsaw in 1901, after Jan Matejko's death. The format (21 × 29 cm) was changed, as well as the title: Dressage in Old Poland. In this edition, each group was placed on a separate card, according to the order adopted by the artist in the Explanatory Notes.

The fourth edition of Ubiorów w Polsce was published in 1967 by Wydawnictwo Literackie in Cracow, and is similar in format to the 1901 Warsaw edition for technical reasons. The ten plates and the vignette are based on the first edition, and the different groups of plates are reproduced from color copies made by Roman Hennel according to pieces from the Jagiellonian Library, colored by Jan Matejko. Sketches and studies of figures, costumes, weapons and coats of arms are mostly from the collection of the National Museum in Cracow, Jan Matejko's home. "