ALBUM OF ART ARCORIES (80 photographic reproductions) issued 1896, binding by Niedbalski

ALBUM OF MASTERPIECES OF ART

A collection of likenesses of famous masterpieces of art containing 80 phototyped reproductions of paintings by old masters found in the finest European galleries.

Pieces are accompanied by a purchase invoice from the communist era.

Warsaw 1896, published by the Editorial Office of Wanderer, format: 28x35 cm

HARDCOVER IN LINEN WITH GILT. THE BINDING IS SIGNED ON THE BACK WITH A DRY-ERASE STAMP "BINDERY FR. KSAW. NIEDBALSKI, WARSAW".

"Franciszek Niedbalski ran a workshop specializing
in making edition bindings as early as the mid-1880s, and took the guild's
master's exam in 1889. His workshop employed 22 workers, which placed him among
the largest bookbinding workshops in the city. He had machines powered by an engine
(7 horsepower).136 From the polemical articles published in the press,
very neatly worded and argued, we can presume that Niedbalski
received some school education, rare in this sphere." Source: Elżbieta Pokorzyńska, "Z dziejów introligatorstwa warszawskiego XIX i 1. połowy XX wieku". Katowice 2009, University of Silesia
Faculty of Philology Institute of Library and Information Science, p.162.

BDB-/ condition of spine after professional conservation, minor staining of covers, NICE Piece.

Communist era book purchase receipt attached.