SIENKIEWICZ - QUO VADIS edition 1 of 1896.

HENRY SIENKIEWICZ

QUO VADIS

A novel from the time of Nero

The first self-contained book edition!

"It was first published in episodes in Warsaw's "Gazeta Polska" (1895-96) and, with a minimal delay to "Gazeta," also in the Cracow daily "Czas" and "Dziennik Poznański." Soon the novel was published in compact form - its premiere took place in Krakow, in 1896. The novel was a worldwide success and was translated into more than fifty languages." source: wikipedia.org.

Rare!

Warsaw 1896, Nakład Gebethner i Wolff, pp. 309, 253, 345, format 12x18 cm

HARDCOVER HALF-LEATHER BINDING OF THE PERIOD, GILT LETTERING ON THE SPINE, MARBLED PAPERBOARD

Condition DB/ binding abrasions, rubbing of edges and corners, spine bias, occasional discoloration, top corner of one of the pieces broken off, without damage to the text, despite minor defects EXEMPLOYMENT WORTH NOTICE