Manfred. Poemat Lorda Byrona. Przekład wolny na wiersz polski prez Michała Chodżkę. Wydanie ozdobne z rycinami.
Paryż [Paris]: [W Drukarni L. Martinet], [1859]. First illustrated Polish edition. With four illustrated plates, protected with tracing paper. Illustrations made by Juliusz Kossak. In later half leather. The original yellow wrappers bound into. (13 [some misbound]), 4–89, (1) p., and 4 illustrated plates. Artistically restored. Traces of old stamps on title page, stamp on last leaf. Light water stain to the lower edge in the second half of the book. Overall in very good condition.
First illustrated Polish edition of Byron’s Manferd, illustrated by Juliusz Kossak.
Lord Byron’s closet drama, Manfred was originally published in 1817, and its first Polish edition appeared in 1835. The present book is the first edition of its second translation, and the first Polish edition with illustrations.
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Price: €1,000.00