WASILEWSKI Edmund - Poezye .... 5th ed. (revised and enlarged). Cracow 1873. published by the bookstore J. M....

WASILEWSKI Edmund - Poezye .... 5th ed. (revised and enlarged). Cracow 1873, published by the bookstore of J. M. Himmelblau. 16, pp. XVI, 359. opr. oryg. fawn with preserved cover broch.
Now o. I.23.7. Minor rubbing of covers, obliterated title inscription on spine, otherwise good condition. Own stamp. Lithographed cover by Walery Eljasz with an image of a Krakow couple listening to the bard against the backdrop of Wawel Castle, rebound at M. Salb.
E. Wasilewski(1814-1846) - a singer of Krakow, known as "the poet of the Free City of Krakow," considered the most outstanding Krakow poet before Stanislaw Wyspianski (according to Wikipedia). Vasilevskiy is the author of famous and popular patriotic poems such as: "To Wawel, to Wawel, krakowiak żwawy!" and "Płynie Wisła, płynie po polskiej krainie".