MICKIEWICZ- PAN MICHAEL published 1898 with 12 cartoons and 12 drawings by Kazimir Alchimovich.

MICKIEWICZ Adam

LORD MICHAEL,

or the last inn in Lithuania.

With pages and 12 drawings

specially prepared for this edition by

Kazimierz Alchimowicz, painter.

Published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Bard, through the efforts of the editors of "Przegląd tygodniowy".

Warsaw 1898, editorial office of "Przegląd Tygodniowy", pp. [4], IV, 295, f. tabl. [12] illustrations, [12] illustrations in the text - tinographs, format 17.5X27 cm

HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER WITH GILT LETTERING ON FRONT AND SPINE, SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS AND RICH GILT LETTERING, PAGE EDGES STAINED, COVER INTERIORS DECORATED WITH GILDED SLIPCASE

Edited and illustrated by Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840-1916) - painter, "Munich painter", pupil of Wojciech Gerson, great admirer of the works of Adam Mickiewicz. He was a deportee after the January Uprising. He painted Lithuanian historical and legendary themes, landscapes from his native Vilnius, Tatra landscapes, portraits, genre and religious scenes.

See: Banach - Polish Illustrated Book 458.

DB condition/ Piece slightly clipped, one page trimmed to the detriment of the text, soiling in places, a few pages reinforced in the spine, pencil annotations

IMPRESSIVE BINDING