Kurier Warszawski: An Anniversary Book Illustrated with 247 Drawings in the Text, 1821–1896 [1896]

Size: 23 cm

Volume: pp. [4], 735, [1], with a complete index of local and non-local subscribers.

Illustrations: 247 drawings, vignettes, woodcuts, and portraits in the text.

Binding: half-leather, from Ludwik Miernicki’s bookbinding workshop in Warsaw (10 Elektoralna St., established in 1873), with a spine featuring gilded lettering

A commemorative volume marking the 75th anniversary of *Kurier Warszawski*, founded in 1821 by Bruno Kiciński. It contains biographies and portraits of editors and contributors, including Antoni Edward Odyniec and Wacław Szymanowski, a description of the newspaper’s publication under tsarist censorship, and a list of articles and authors from 1821 to 1895. The text includes 247 illustrations. A register of local and out-of-town subscribers has been preserved at the end.

There is an illegible old ink signature on the title page. The original paperback cover is intact.

The half-leather binding is in good condition; the leather on the spine is slightly cut, but the book block is stable.

An item from the 18th Polish Antiquarian Book Auction.