PRZEORSKA Edwarda - 10 acidite exlibrises. Warsaw [1942]. Printed by the author. Issued 50 copies, this one no. 11. Each board contains the artist's handwritten signature.
S. [2] f., 10 f. plates. : il. H. : 25.2 cm. Binding by Mark Hoffman of Warsaw (signed at bottom of back cover ("Introligator M. Hoffman of Warsaw - 2006"). Full leather in graphite and silver tone. Publisher's inscriptions embossed and silvered on the front, the author's name with the title of the work and a reproduction of one of her works - all enclosed in geometric borders repeated several times. The back cover closed in repeated borders, where the last one with extensive silver filling. Spine divided into 9 fields, embossed and silvered, among others, author's name, titlepage. Decorative marbled paper covers.
Ex-libris of Lech Kokociński.
Offered portfolio includes exlibrises by Tadeusz Leszner, Zygmunt Klemensiewicz, Edward Chwalewik, among others. The title page and colophon are also engraved, with all prints rebound by the artist herself.
"In view of the war damage, the album is rare today and sought after by collectors and bibliophiles" [M. Grońska, Modern Polish Woodcut," Wrocław 1971, p. 219.
Edwarda Przeorska (1900-1965) - painter and graphic artist, used woodcut and metal techniques to create ex-librises. Associated with the Warsaw milieu. Member of TZSP and ZPAP. She was a member of the secret Circle of Graphic Arts and Exlibris Enthusiasts.
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