CHŁĘDOWSKI Kazimierz - Ostatni Walezyusze - Warsaw 1920 [bound by Robert Jahoda].

CHLÊDOWSKI KAZIMIERZ

THE LAST VALOIS

Times of rebirth in France

Warsaw ca. 1920

Binding in cabinet, half leather, gilt titling on spine between two geometric ornaments, stained page edges, beautiful pastedowns. - All bound in Robert Jahoda's bookbinding shop in Krakow - signed with a stamp on the back cover.

Robert Jahoda - born. June 1, 1862 in Bochnia - died February 28, 1947 in Krakow - Master bookbinder, author of many impressive artistic bindings, diplomas, founder of one of the best bookbinding workshops in the Second Polish Republic. He was also involved in the conservation of old prints, archival materials, including Jan Długosz's Annales seu Cronicae Regni Poloniae. He learned the profession in Krakow, Vienna and Lviv. In 1887 he passed the journeyman's exam and established his first atelier at 37 Market Square. In 1912 he bought a tenement house at 4 Gołębia Street where he moved his workshop. He participated in more than twenty international exhibitions in Berlin, Leipzig, Lviv, Paris, Poznan or Vienna. Winner of many honors and awards, in 1914 he was awarded at the All-World Exhibition of Book Art in Leipzig, in 1925 he won a gold medal at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris, in 1929 he also won a gold medal at the General National Exhibition in Poznan. In 1937, an exhibition of Jahoda's works prepared for the 50th anniversary of his establishment was held in Cracow.

Condition of preservation very good.

Number of pages: 440

Format: 24x17 cm

Rare.