MICKIEWICZ Adam - PAN MICHAEL Illustrations by 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 based on 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.
Dimensions 37x29cm; pages 296.Contemporary artistic binding, stained page edges. Foxing- discoloration of paper, soiling, handwritten signature by owner.
