MATEJKO Jan, Album of 15 paintings.

Album of 15 paintings.

(Explanatory notes crossed out by Alfred Szczepanski. Vienna [after the text date 1893]. Publisher Franciszek Bondy). (51 x 36 cm), 13 plates in heliogravure (replacing 15), original decorated portfolio binding.
Album contains heliogravure reproductions of Matejko's most famous paintings: Boleslaw the Brave in front of the Golden Gate in Kiev, Death of Przemyslaw, Battle of Grunwald, The Prussian Homage, Piotr Włast Dunin bringing Cistercians to Poland, Pulling out a bell called Sigismund, Union of Lublin, Stefan Batory at Pskov, Ivan the Terrible, Sędziwój the alchemist making experiments to Sigismund III and the court, Priest Piotr Skarga, John III at Vienna, Kosciuszko after the victory at Racławice; Missing 2-tables.: The Warsaw Sejm and the Constitution of the 3rd of May, Heliogravures with signs of dampstaining and stains with tears and no. loss of margins. Dark green portfolio, made by the bookbinding workshop of F. Gool in Vienna (blind stamp on the back cover). Abrasions,, non. tears, stains and soiling of binding, 1 sheet of text missing.