Prus Bolesław- Emancypantki [first edition 1894][Vol.I-IV complete].

Prus Bolesław/ Emancypantki/ Warsaw 1894/ Gebethner i Wolff/ first edition in its own right (first printing in "Kurier Codzienny" in 1890)/ contemporary binding in half leather/ T.I-IV, complete/ pp.376, II; 318, II; 270, [1]; 417, [2]/ yellowing and minor stains in the text in places, otherwise very good condition.

Contemporary artist's binding, dark brown half leather, five-panel spine, blue signboard with title and numbering in two fields, subtle floral decorations blind-stamped in the remaining fields, scrolls highlighted with gold lines, marbled paper covers, stained trimming of upper pages.

First edition of one of the most famous social and moral novels of the Positivist era, dealing with the emancipation of women in the 19th century. ''Emancypantki'' by Boleslaw Prus is one of the first novels in Polish literature in which a woman and her accompanying dilemmas play a central role.Infrequent.