SLOWACKI Julius
FATHER OF THE AFFLICTED
With a foreword by Rev. Bishop Bandurski.
Krakow 1909, published by "Pravda", pp. 48, frontispiece (color), 8 tables of illustrations (color), format 21.5x29.5 cm.
Juliusz Slowacki's poem - "his most beautiful work, the pearl of our poetry" (from the introduction) - written in the summer of 1838 in Florence, first appeared in print in Paris in 1839.
The jubilee edition on offer was published on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Juliusz Słowacki's birth. The text is preceded by an introduction by Bishop Władysław Bandurski (1865-1932).
Frontispiece and eight color plates by Wladyslaw Rossowski (1857-1923) - painter, illustrator, pupil of Jan Matejko
Frontispiece and eight color plates by Wladyslaw Rossowski (1857-1923) - painter, illustrator, pupil of Jan Matejko
HARDCOVER PUBLISHER'S LINEN WITH STAINED EMBOSSING IN ART NOUVEAU STYLE,A COLOR ILLUSTRATION WITH BUST OF THE AUTHOR EMBEDDED IN THE MIRROR OF THE BINDING.
Condition DB/ rubbed spine, minor staining and tear of the front cover in the bend, inside condition BDB
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