MICKIEWICZ Adam - PAN TADEUSZ il. Andriolli
Published by the F.H.Richter (H.Altenberg) Bookstore, Lviv. First edition of Pan Tadeusz with illustrations by Andriolli in book form.
The book contains a version of the epic, crafted for use in the Russian partition. It was prepared on the basis of the 1878 Warsaw edition of Pan Tadeusz at Gebethner and Wolff, "trimmed" by censor Anton Adamovich Funkenstein - passages questioned by him were omitted and his alterations of the text in places with anti-Russian overtones were included. Thus, this version lacks an Epilogue, 333 lines of the poem and 4 author's explanatory footnotes were removed, and in 28 places even words and wording were changed.
Binding: original red cloth with rich embossing and gilt ornaments on the face and spine, spine after bookbinding repair, contemporary cloth covers, pages 285, dimensions 37 x 28 cm. Soiling on the pre-title page -owner's signature; soiling of the margins. LARGE FOLIO FORMAT, ORIGINAL BINDING - A GOOD PIECE.
