JANUARY Uprising in woodcuts - Le Monde Illustre. Tome XII - XIII 1863

JANUARY Uprising in woodcuts

Le Monde Illustre. Tome XII - XIII

Orne de nombreuses gravures d'actualites. 1863 (Janvier - Decembre).
Paris 1863, pp. 420; 420, numerous full-page and smaller woodcuts, FOLO format: 27 x 37.5 cm

A periodical devoted to various fields of social life, extremely richly illustrated. A large part of it was devoted to the January Uprising. Scenes of battles, views of cities (large view of Warsaw), leaders of the uprising. The textual and illustrative messages included here testify to the extremely loud resonance in Europe of what happened in Poland.

HARD BURNING SINGLE HALF-PATHOLE WITH EYE DRAWINGS AND GATES, MARMORIZED CARDBOARD

condition DB/ rubbing of bindings, occasional rust spots, few pages with discoloration, one folder loose


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