Zaydler Bernardo
Storia della Polonia
Vol. 1-2; Firenze 1831; V. Batelli e Figli; total plates, maps and plans 105 [including 18 in color]. Binding: half parchment of the period.
Format: 25x16 cm, pages: 439, [1]; 732, XII, [8]; Condition: very good. A nice complete piece. One of the more beautifully published books about Poland in the 19th century. On engravings (copperplates) portraits, views of cities, clothing, battle and genre scenes. Among the plates, a black and white plan of Krakow "Pianta di Cracovia" and Warsaw "Pianta di Warsavia", two color maps of Poland "Situazione geografica della Polonia" and "Situazione attuale della Polonia", a fair "Fiera polacca". With engravings by Polish and foreign artists, including Orlowski, Oleszczynski, E.Sulkowska, F.Dietrich, engraved by Italian printmakers; 2 fold. color maps of Poland drawn by the author; fold. plan of Warsaw signed W. Poloski disc.; fold. plan of Krakow signed Mostowski fec. Engravings with portraits of rulers, writers, scholars, city views, battle and historical scenes, clothing, coats of arms, orders, constitute documentary material.
