SZYK Arthur. Postcard. From the series "Statute of Kalisz" "Dedication" [Inc.: Ad majorem Poloniae gloriam...]. sepia postcard. - Kraków : Drukarnia Narodowa, [1939]. - 10.5 × 15 cm. - Clean, uncirculated.
Artur Szyk (born June 16, 1894 in Lodz, died September 13, 1951 in New Canaan, USA), graphic artist, illustrator, caricaturist. "Statute
The "Statute of Kalisz" was issued by Boleslaw the Pious in 1264 and guaranteed Jews the rights to Jewish courts, personal freedom, freedom of religion, trade and travel. In 1334 it was confirmed by Casimir III the Great and extended to all of Poland. Arthur Szyk
worked on the "Statute of Kalisz" in 1926-1928, with a printed edition appearing in Munich in 1932.