MICKIEWICZ Adam
MICHAEL PAN
[whole]
Volume I [of 4 volumes of writings].
Newly revised, completed and with his permission in this seventh edition
Paris 1844., in the Printing House of Bourgogne et Martinet, pp. XVI,395,[5], format 10.5x15cm
An edition of 1500 copies. The last collective edition during the poet's lifetime commonly referred to as the "professorial edition" because of its final form and correctness. Edited by Eustachy Januszkiewicz and Aleksander Chodźko. The preface by Aleksandr Chodzko includes, among other things, the first Mickiewicz bibliography, which also includes translations and more important dissections of the works.
A sought-after professorial edition.
HARDCOVER CLOTH BINDING OF THE PERIOD. DECORATIVE EMBOSSED ROSETTE ON THE FACES, SPINE WITH STRIKING GILDING. CARD TRIMS MARBLED
BDB condition/ strong browning of the front pastedown, rust spots [foxing] in places, paper with discoloration and browning characteristic of this edition, A GOOD piece
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