Jasieński Felix, Manggha [autograph!][1st ed.]

Jasieński Feliks, Manggha. Promenades á travers les mondes, l'art et les idées. publ. by Jan Fiszer's Bookstore, Warsaw 1901, 1st edition, pp. 990, dimensions 12.5 x 19 cm. Publisher's binding, booklet with author's signature! Light soiling, bent corner.

In 1901 Felix Jasienski published a book under the title Manggha. Promenades à travers le monde, l' art et les idées, the title of which was derived from the name of a multi-volume edition of Hokusai Katsushika's sketches. This collection of essays on his contemporary aesthetics, art and music became the source of the nickname that clung to Jasienski permanently - "Manggha."

In 1920 he donated his rich, valuable collection to the National Museum in Krakow. The legacy included some 15,000 artifacts, including some 6,500 with Japanese themes. However, Jasieński made it a condition that the collection be made available to the public and form an inseparable whole. During World War II, many of the exhibits were lost, including some 500 woodcuts.