ZAWADZKI Władysław - Images of the Red Ruthenia [...] (With drawings by Juliusz Kossak). Poznan, 1869.

ZAWADZKI Władysław - Images of the Red Ruthenia [...] (With drawings by Juliusz Kossak). Poznan, 1869, published by Jan Konstanty Żupański.
S. 80, il. Height: 27.8 cm. Full leather binding, contemporary. blind-stamped ornamentation and author's name and titlepage on front cover. On the back cover blind embossed decorations and the owner's initial: "LK". Ex-libris of Lech Kokociński.
Title page with margin filled in p. d.. Traces of old dampstaining in lower margin of pages. Rust spots and stains in places. Otherwise nice condition.

A richly illustrated publication devoted to the territory, population and customs in Red Ruthenia.
The work contains 23 woodcuts according to drawings by Juliusz Kossak (1824-1899), including the following subjects: Women's medicines, Drunkenness, Orthodox church on Sunday day, Jews of Podolia, Inn, Festive clothing, Rural cottages in Podolia, Fair. Contains, among others, chapters: Ruins of defensive castles, Podolia landscape, Remains of Jazloviec castle, Orthodox church and its neighborhood.

Wladyslaw Zawadzki (1824-1891) - Polish writer and publicist. Author, among other things, of "Literature of Galicia 1772-1848," one of the most important sources of information on the literature of the period.

Estr. T. 5, p. 251.