MICKIEWICZ- PAN MICHAEL published 1898 with 12 cartoons and 12 drawings by Kazimir Alchimovich.

MICKIEWICZ Adam

LORD MICHAEL,

or the last inn in Lithuania.

With pages and 12 drawings

specially prepared for this edition by

Kazimierz Alchimowicz, painter.

Published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Bard, through the efforts of the editors of "Przegląd tygodniowy".

Warsaw 1898, editorial office of "Przegląd Tygodniowy", pp. [4], IV, 295, f. tabl. [12] illustrations, [12] illustrations in the text - tinographs, format 17.5X27 cm

HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER WITH GILT ON FRONT AND SPINE, SPINE WITH RAISED SCROLLS AND RICH GILT, COVERS WITH DECORATIVE BORDERS. HAND-DYED MARBLED PAPER ON THE ENDPAPERS, PAGE TRIMS FINISHED WITH THE SAME PATTERN. THE INTERIORS OF THE COVERS FINISHED WITH AN INTRICATE GOLD EMBOSSED STENCIL PATTERN

Edited with illustrations by Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840-1916) - painter, "Munich painter", pupil of Wojciech Gerson, great admirer of the works of Adam Mickiewicz. He was a deportee after the January Uprising. He painted Lithuanian historical and legendary themes, landscapes from his native Vilnius, Tatra landscapes, portraits, genre and religious scenes.

See: Banach - Polish Illustrated Book 458.

BDB-/ BEAUTIFUL condition , BEAUTIFUL piece, EFFECTIVE CO VER.