Facsimile of the original made from a complete special - containing 262 instead of 261 illustrations pieces with carefully and impressively colored engravings in J. Lithography. V. Fleck et Co. enhanced with an additional rare lithograph: Polish Paulines (the illustration is included in volume one).
The author of the Polish edition was Piotr Szymanski.
only 100 pieces were published !!!!!!
Andrzej Banach wrote about the aforementioned book: "It may be the best illustrated book of Polish Biedermeier".
Among the beautifully colored engravings is "Knight of the Order of the White Eagle".
In addition, it contains a large table of lists entitled . "Statistics of the Order of the Capuchin Fathers".
ADDITIONAL UNIQUE ILLUSTRATIONS
The 1848-49 Polish edition is a translation and elaboration of the 1821 German-language edition published in Prague. In the Prague edition of the history there are several illustrations which clearly differ from those in the Polish edition and relate to the lands inhabited by Poles. These illustrations are additionally included at the end of the book.
These include a visualization of a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle or an extremely decorative illustration of a Knight of the Order of St. Stanislaus.
The whole book is a tasty bibliophilic morsel, whose antiquarian value will only increase due to its scarce circulation - we recommend it as an excellent investment !!!! The publishing house of the publishing house Bernardinum is famous for issuing a facsimile of the only preserved in Poland and one of 50 pieces of the original Gutenberg Bible in the world.High quality printing guaranteed ! FULL LEATHER BINDING WITH EMBOSSING AND GILDING
