LENARTOWICZ T. - Enchantment and the Blessed. 1861. with Norwid's frontispiece.

LENARTOWICZ Teofil - Enchantment and the Blessed. With illustrations by Antoni Zaleski. Poznan 1861; księg. J. K. Żupański. 4, pp. [2], 32, [1], plates 8 [steel engravings], frontispiece. o.b. fl. decor.
Banach 599. rubbing of spine edges and covers, yellowing of paper in places. Own signature. Maria née Maleniewska baroness de Blossay. On the front cover a bookseller's sticker "Librairie Francais, L. Idzikowski, Kieff". Frontispiece according to the composition of A. Zaleski was engraved on steel by Cyprian Kamil Norwid. "This only known example of Norwid's mastery of the intaglio technique remained isolated. The engraver did not return to it in his later works, remaining faithful to his favorite etching and lithography" (H. Widacka "Grafika Cypriana Norwida" in: "Studia Norwidiana", No. 3-4, 1985-1986). Two jointly published poetic works by Teofil Lenartowicz.
"Illustrations to 'Enchantment' and 'Blessed', embroidered by expert and skilful engravers, have saved their drawing qualities and, in the absence of the artist's surviving original works, remain today a solitary testimony to the authentic capabilities of the draughtsman" (J. Widacka "Overlooked Link. Rzecz o Antonim Zaleskim" in "Biuletyn Hist. Sztuki", no. 4/1981, p. 362).