FELIKS KOPERA
A HISTORY OF PAINTING IN POLAND
Vol. 1–3 (2-volume set)
Warsaw-Kraków 1925–1929. National Printing House 4, p. VII, [1], 250, [2], plate 24; [4], 345, plate 52; XII, 572, plate 103; format 20x27.5 cm
Over 1,000 reproductions in the text and on 179 plates (including 92 color rotogravures and chromotypes)
Vol. 1: Medieval Painting in Poland,
Vol. 2:
up to the 18th century,
Vol. 3: Painting in Poland in the 19th and 20th Centuries
One of the finest works on the history of painting in Poland.
HARDCOVER, FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER BINDING WITH EMBOSSING AND GILDING, MADE IN THE STYLE OF A PERIOD PUBLISHING BINDING, DESIGNED AND CRAFTED BY THE F.J. RADZISZEWSKI WORKSHOP; EDGES OF THE PAGES STAINED;
"Radziszewski was the greatest Polish master of bookbinding leatherwork." Source: W. Łysiak, "Empireum," vol. I, p. 102, Nobilis Publishing, Warsaw 2004
Condition: BDB-/; in one volume, a slight mark where a stamp was removed; overall, a NICE, COMPLETE piece
The interior photos are from a different piece.
