KOCHANOWSKI Jan - Dzieła wszystkie. Monumental edition. T. 1-4. Warsaw 1884

KOCHANOWSKI Jan - Dzieła wszystkie. Monumental edition. T. 1-4. Warsaw 1884. in the printing house of Jozef Ungra; in the printing house of Jozef Jezynski.
S. [6], XI, VIII, [1], 379, [3] p., [3] f. t. ; [4], VIII, 510, [2] p., [9] f. t. ; [4], VIII, 421, [6] p., [2] f. folded t.; [4], VIII, [3], 674, [1] p., [10] f. t., [1] f. folded genealog.

Binding: decorative half leather of the period. Spine divided into 6 fields: in one of the fields a gilded titlepage together with the author's name, in the others the geometric ornamentation is repeated. Spine of the 4th volume in a darker shade. Card trims decayed.
Condition: +good. Gentle rubbing of volumes. Ownership stamps. In vol. 1 soiling of the back of the binding and a small hole with loss of the cloth on the face. In vol. 2 soiling of the face and back of the binding (in the lower part). In vol. 3 very small loss of canvas on the face (0.5 cm dia.) and staining of the back cover with several small losses of canvas. In vol. 4 soiling and staining of the back cover. Understaining of the genealogical table in vol. 4. A clean piece.
A beautiful set.

Volumes 1-3 consist of the works of Jan Kochanowski, while volume 4 contains a comprehensive biography of Jan Kochanowski, crossed out by Roman Plenkiewicz.
Edition richly illustrated, including facsimiles of title pages of the first printings.

Piecefrom the book collection of Karol Gustav Manitius (1823-1904) - Polish Evangelical clergyman, superintendent general (national bishop) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.