Jerzy SOSZYŃSKI-OSTOJA (1878-1937), 915-1915 La Ruée Germanique sur la Pologne (The German Assault on Poland)

portfolio of 16 lithographs, including 4 in color and a cover lithograph (fighting eagles, black and white symbolizing Germany and Poland);
booklet binding 38 x 27 cm, Paris 1915,
edition of 250 copies,
each lithograph signed by the author on the plate "d'Ostoya", under each composition a lithographed description by the author in French.

Lit. by Maria Grońska "Grafika w książce, tece i albumie", Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków, 1994, p. 282, item 521.
Jerzy SOSZYŃSKI-OSTOYA (Georges D'OSTOYA) - Polish painter, illustrator, illustrator, caricaturist, writer and translator into French; at the age of 16 he enlisted in the Foreign Legion. During his military service he went to Turkey, and in 1900 settled in Paris. In France, he joined the Polish leftist emigration. He published his works in the Polish press under his own name, while in the French press under the pseudonym "Georges d'Ostoya." The influence of Austrian cartoonist Eduard Thöny is evident in his drawings. In 1908-1909, he illustrated two pamphlets by anarchist Jozef Zielinski, published in Paris. From 1908 he collaborated with the satirical weekly "L'Assiette au beurre." In 1913, under the pseudonym "Georges d'Ostoya," he published the novel "L'amour d'une Russe." During the First World War, he published numerous anti-German caricatures in the French press [after: Wikipedia with changes].