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[Wyspianski] Kraków Yearbook 1900 [Lithographed cover by Stanislaw Wyspianski].

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Yearbook of Krakow edited by Prof. Dr. Stanislaw Krzyzanowski. Volume IV with 45 engravings, 21 plates in cyncotype and 7 reproductions in illuminated print. Kraków 1900. Nakładem Towarzystwa Miłośników Historyi i Zabytków Krakowa, p. [4], 267, [5], tables of illustrations 21 (including 4 fold-outs), facsimiles 7 (including 6 fold-outs), illustrations in the text 45, dimensions 20.5 x 28.5 cm, period half-canvas binding with gilt lettering on spine, preserved lithographed booklet cover according to drawing by Stanisław Wyspiański.

Przecław Smolik described this cover as "beautiful" and described it as follows:

"In this composition, the symmetrical garlands of dark green nettle leaves surrounding the paper planes on the two longer sides are scrolled in their upper part through crowns of gold. Each garland is again divided into two symmetrical and equal halves by a bright yellow single flower. From flower to flower runs transversely in the middle of the field a two-line, calligraphically stylized, discreetly red inscription: "Cracow Yearbook." At the bottom, the composition is closed with a black line drawing the year 1900, while at the top there is a wavy line freely winding from the top of one garland to the top of the other. The effect of this combination of colors, planes and lines is unparalleled, especially since the vividness of the colors is softened by the brown paper on which it was printed, with a warm, soft tone" (P. Smolik, Zdobnictwo książki w twórczości Wyspiańskiego. Lodz 1928, pp. 69-70)

About this cover Elżbieta Skierkowska wrote: "The cover for the 1900 Krakow Yearbook stands out in a special way - it was printed in four colors. The borders framing the plane on which the title is placed are made up of symmetrical garlands of dark green nettle leaves. They are scrolled in their upper part by golden crowns. Each of these garlands is divided in half by a single yellow flower. Between them, crosswise in the middle of the field runs a two-line calligraphically stylized red inscription: "Kraków Yearbook." At the top closes the composition with a wavy line, and at the bottom with a black line drawn: 1900. The cover is not only graphically, but also in color a beautiful whole. The vividness of its colors: green, yellow and red, subdues the brown, soft tone of the paper on which it was printed" (E. Skierkowska, Wyspiański artysta książki. Wrocław 1970, p. 121).

Dimensions: 19.5 x 27.5 cm
Dimensions: 19,5 x 27,5
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