REYMONT Władysław St. - CHŁOPI il .Kędzierski original publisher's binding

REYMONT Władysław St[anisław] - CHŁOPI. Novel Vol. 1-2 [complete].

With 20 color illustrations by A.Kędzierski and 75 graphic embellishments by Z.Kamiński

Warsaw br [1928], Gebethner and Wolff, pp [6], 348, [1], plate 10; [6], 450, plate 10., format 23.5 x 30.5 cm

The most magnificent, beautiful edition of the novel for which the author received the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1924. One of the most beautiful Polish illustrated books at the same time. Color plates, numerous single-color decorations in the text. Thebook is beautifully printed, in large type, on very good paper.

The graphic side of the book is a joint work of Apoloniusz Kedzierski (1861-1939) and Zygmunt Kaminski (1888-1969). Kedzierski - a pupil of Brandt, Gerson and Aleksander Kaminski - created a series of 20 watercolors including landscapes and genre scenes of village life reproduced on color plates. Kaminski, a pupil of Mehoffer among others, a painter, draughtsman and graphic artist, designed the cover, title page, initials and numerous graphic embellishments in the text with motifs taken from folk art. Binding according to the design of Z. Kaminski.

HARDCOVER PUBLISHER'S PERIOD BINDING, RICH DECORATIONS OF SPINES AND FRONT FACES OF FOLK CHARACTER. PRESERVED BUBBLES.

DB condition/ dustiness and minor rubbing of bindings, blocks in impeccable condition.