IMCEWICZ Julian Ursyn. Śpiewy historyczne. with music and engravings. Warsaw 1816. edition 1.druk. Nro 646 at Nowolipiu. 8. pp. 441, [10], f. plates 65 (including 2 fold-outs); 20.5cm.
Hardcover half leather binding with gilt on spine. Binding signed with a sticker on the front pastedown "S. Frankowski Introligatornia Zielona ul. 1". Good condition, rubbing of binding, signature and private stamp on title page, paper strip lining of 1 tab. and edges of several pages, pp. 35-46, 313-314 missing (photocopy attached), 2 tab. missing.
Banach 49. A collection of historical-patriotic songs by Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz who, in 33 songs, depicted the period from Piast to King Jan III Sobieski. Niemcewicz wrote his work in 1808 - 1810 at the request of the Society of Friends of Learning, of which he himself became president in 1827. Each song is accompanied by a copperplate with a historical scene and a copperplate with notes. At the end is a list of several hundred subscribers of the elite of the time, including Prof. Chopin, Prince Czartoryski and Chancellor Malachowski.
On the plates historical scenes in copperplates by German artists(among others: J. Frey, E. Henne, E. G. Krüger, E. F. Stoelzel) according to designs by Laura Potocka, E .Sulkowska, C. Dembowska and J. Frey, among others.
