BIEGELEISEN Henryk. Illustrated history of Polish literature. Vol. I-V, complete. Vienna 1898-1908. published by František Bode. pp .[4], 394, fol. illustr. 38; [4], 395, [1], fol. illustr. 37; [4], 363, [1], fol. illustr. 30; [4], 396, fol. illustr. 23; [4], 389, [3], fol. illustr. 16, numerous illustrations in the text; 25.5cm.
Publisher's hard cloth binding,gilt titling and volume numbering on spines, color composition on faces with image of muse, floral elements and laurel wreath, page edges marbled, decorative lining.Bindingsigned: "F[erdynand] Gogl.Vienna", vols. 1-3; "Karol Scheibe before F. Gogl Vienna", vols. 4-5 ).
Good condition, minor rubbing of binding, signatures and private stamps of previous owners.
History of Polish literature from the earliest times to Romanticism, compiled by Henryk Biegeleisen (1855-1934) - literary historian and ethnographer. Vol. 1 covers the Piast period, vol. 2 - the Jagiellonian period, vol. 3 - the Renaissance and the Sigismund period, vol. 4 - the times from the Vasa to the Saxons, vol. 5 - the Age of Enlightenment and Romanticism. A richly illustrated work (more than 140 plates, including color and fold-out plates, and 850 illustrations in the text) with reproductions of manuscript illuminated pages, title pages of old prints, images of bindings, facsimiles of documents, autographs and letters.
