KRASZEWSKI J. I . - Hetman's Sins. With illustrations by Juliusz Kossak. 1879

KRASZEWSKI J[ózef] I[gnacy] - Hetman's Sins. Paintings from the end of the eighteenth century. With seventeen illustrations by J. Kossak and a portrait of the author. Warsaw [cens. 1879]. Nakł. S. Leventhal. 4, pp. [4], 216, plates 18. psk. period binding.
Banach 761. Obvious rubbing of covers, slight loss of edge of front cover, some pages stained. Ex. with set of engravings. Ex-libris in the form of a stamp. First book edition (the first printing appeared in "Kłosy" in the same year). Boards in woodcuts; according to drawings by Juliusz Kossak, the blocks were engraved by E. Gorazdowski and A. Malinowski. Another edition of the novel was published only in 1933, for this reason pieces of the first edition are difficult to find in good condition.