SOKOŁOWSKI August - History of Poland illustrated T.1-5

SOKOŁOWSKIAugust - History of Poland illustrated. Based on the latest historical research. With illustracyami and reprodukcyami frompaintingsby Jan Matejko, Wojciech Gerson, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Walery Eljasz, Juliusz Kossak and other Polish masters. Vol. 1-5. Warsaw 1899-1901 Published by the "Wiek" Society. 33.5 cm, pp. 306, illustrations in text 399; 340, [4], illustrations in text 388; [6], 402, illustrations in text 448; [4], 436, illustrations in text 431; [4], 612, illustrations in text 669, Binding: fawn with embossing. and gilt. (vol. 1), : psk with epoc. (t. 2-5). Edition 1 was published in Vienna from 1895 to 1901. The second edition presented here, expanded and enriched with many illustrations, was published in notebooks starting from 1899.

AugustSokolowski's(1846-1921) monumental history of Poland, containingmore than 2,200 illustrations. T. 1 - The Piast era from the Slavicprehistoryto themarriage of Jadwiga to LadislausJagiello; T. 2 - TheJagiellonian erato thedeath of CasimirJagiellon; T. 3 - TheJagiellonianerafrom the reign of Jan Olbracht to thedeath ofSigismund Augustus; T. 4 - From theinterregnumafter the deathofSigismund August us to thedeath of LadislausIV Vasa; T. 5 - From the reign of John Casimir to the last partition of Poland. Art Nouveau publisher's binding of volume one:brownlinen,giltportrait of St. Hedwig asQueen ofPoland (according to apainting by Jan Matejko)on the front. Stamps"Gift of Z.P.P Vilnius", "Union ofPolishPatrjots/RepublicanBoard/ in Lit. S.R.R." (vol. 1); "Apolonjusz Piechowicz/ Advocate / in Krasnostaw" (vol. 5). Conservation of the block (vol. 1); rubbing of the binding, loss of the spine in vol. 5.Overall good condition.