Czesław Borys JANKOWSKI, Adam MICKIEWICZ, Dziady

Lvov [1896]. Nakł. Księg. H. Altenberg; 37 x 29 cm;
Original Art Nouveau publisher's binding, gold embossed titlepage and medallion with image of Adam Mickiewicz, gilded all edges of pages, decorative lining, each page of text in decorative border.
Includes 17 full-page illustrations on separate plates, executed by R. Paulussen in Vienna. Condition of preservation: rubbing and minor tears of the binding. First ever illustrated edition of "Dziady".
Lit: Andrzej Banach, "Polska książka ilustrowana 1800-1900", Krakow - Wydawnictwo Literackie - 1959, p. 457, item 868.
Reproduced in: Waldemar Łysiak, "Empireum", T. II, Warsaw - Nobilis Publishing House - 2003, p. 396.