MYCIELSKI J. and WASYLEWSKI ST. - Portraits of Poland by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun - Lvov 1928 [bound by Robert Jahoda].

J. MYCIELSKI and ST. WASYLEWSKI

POLISH PORTRAITS BY ELIZABETH VIGEE-LEBRUN

1755 - 1842

24 engravings in copperplate on separate plates

Lviv 1928

Exlibris of Waclaw Szymczakowski and Wanda Germain

Luxury cabinet binding - full leather, spine divided into six with gilded titling, gilded tops of pages, beautiful, high quality liners. - Binding made from the bookbinding workshop of Robert Jahoda, - unsigned.

Robert Jahoda - born. June 1, 1862 in Bochnia - died February 28, 1947 in Krakow - Master bookbinder, author of many impressive artistic bindings, diplomas, founder of one of the best bookbinding workshops in the Second Polish Republic. He was also involved in the conservation of old prints, archival materials, including Jan Długosz's Annales seu Cronicae Regni Poloniae. He learned the profession in Krakow, Vienna and Lviv. In 1887 he passed the journeyman's exam and established his first atelier at 37 Market Square. In 1912 he bought a tenement house at 4 Gołębia Street where he moved his workshop. He participated in more than twenty international exhibitions in Berlin, Leipzig, Lviv, Paris, Poznan or Vienna. Winner of many honors and awards, in 1914 he was awarded at the All-World Exhibition of Book Art in Leipzig, in 1925 he won a gold medal at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris, in 1929 he also won a gold medal at the General National Exhibition in Poznan. In 1937, an exhibition of Jahoda's works prepared for the 50th anniversary of his establishment was held in Cracow.

Very good condition: binding with minimal rubbing on the spine, slight soiling.

Number of pages: 929

Format: 26x17 cm

Only for the best collections.

Very rare.