REYMONT - CHŁOPI VOL. 1-2 [complete] illustrations by KĘDZIERSKI

REYMONT Władysław St[anisław].

CHŁOPI. A Novel

Vol. 1-2 [complete].

With 20 color illustrations by A.Kędzierski
and 75 graphic embellishments by Z.Kamiński

Warsaw br. [1928], Gebethner and Wolff, pp [6], 348, [1], plate 10; [6], 450, plate 10., format 22 x 30 cm

The most impressive, beautiful edition of the novel for which the author received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1924-and one of the most beautiful Polish illustrated books at the same time. Color plates, numerous monochrome embellishments in the text. The book is beautifully printed, in large type, on good paper.

The graphic side of the book is a joint work of Apoloniusz Kedzierski (1861-1939) and Zygmunt Kaminski (1888-1969). Kedzierski - a pupil of Brandt, Gerson and Aleksander Kaminski - created a series of 20 watercolors including landscapes and genre scenes of village life reproduced on color plates. Kaminski, a student of Mehoffer among others, a painter, draughtsman and printmaker, designed the cover, title page, initials and numerous graphic embellishments in the text with motifs taken from folk art. The works of the two artists complement each other perfectly, creating a substantial and thoughtful work from the graphic side.
Binding according to the design of Z.Kaminski.

HARDCOVERFULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER ON THE MODEL OF THE PUBLISHER'S BINDING OF THE ERA, RICH GILDING OF THE SPINES AND FRONT FACES OF FOLK CHARACTER. DECORATIVE COVER IN SO CALLED. LAW'S EYE. CARD TRIMS STAINED.

BDB-/ condition with discoloration of paper in places, EFFECTIVE COLLECTIONS piece.