JOZEF WEYSSENHOFF: SABLE AND MAIDEN. HUNTING SERIES DECORATED WITH 85 COLOR AND BLACK DRAWINGS BY HENRYK WEYSSENHOFF [1913].

Description

“Sobol and Miss” is one of the most valuable and coveted works of Jozef Weyssenhoff – an outstanding writer, poet and hunter, an expert on life in Lithuania and the Borderlands. The novel, set in the reality of a Polish manor house in the northeastern frontiers of the former Republic, combines a fascinating hunting story with a profound psychological and social study.

The 1913 edition on display, published by Gebethner and Wolff in Warsaw, is a true gem of editorial art. It is a limited edition – the total print run was 4162 copies, of which 4100 were printed on velin. The presented copy bears the number 415.

The great artistic value of the publication is given by 85 illustrations by Henryk Weyssenhoff (the writer’s brother), an outstanding painter and draftsman. The colorful and black-and-white drawings, maintained in the style of Young Poland, perfectly capture the atmosphere of the wilderness, the excitement of the hunt and the female beauty characteristic of the era of dandyism and decadence. The publication belongs to the canon of Polish art books and is a must-have for bibliophiles, collectors of graphics and lovers of Young Poland literature.