Berlin [1897], 42 x 32 cm;
hardback publisher's binding, face and spine richly decorated and embossed in gold, decorative lining,
signed "Hubel@Deck Buchbinderei Leipzig."
Contains, among others, 78 full-page and double-page signed woodcuts depicting outstanding works by 19th century artists, including Polish artists: Wojciech Kossak (as Alfred von Kossak), Jan Rosen, Wincenty Wodzinowski, Stanislaw Rejchan, Piotr Stachiewicz, Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz; 80 full- and double-page plates of paintings, including many multicolor, 80 illustrations in the text, and a lot of iconographic material with many photographs.
The only publication ever to present with such flair and skillful graphics, European painting of the 19th century.