TARNOWSKI Stanislaw
MATEJKO.
Cracow 1897. in Bookstore of the Polish Publishing Company. "Czas" printing house, pp [4], 562, portrait 1 [heliogravure], 13k. illusr. plates. [including 11 fold-out], numerous illustrations in the text, format 19.5 x 27.5 cm
Detailed, richly illustratedamonography of the artist, the greatest Polish historical painter.
HARDBACK PERIOD LEATHER BINDING MADE FROM 2 PIECES OF LEATHER. UNSIGNED BINDING MADE BY MASTER BOOKBINDER PIOTR REPETOWSKI FROM KRAKOW. SPINE DECORATED WITH DEEP EMBOSSED RULERS AND STYLIZED FLORAL GILDING. DECORATIVE LINING MADE OF IRIDESCENT MOIRÉ
BDB-/ condition, one piece taped in corner, otherwise VERY BEAUTIFUL.
