Description

A luxuriously published autobiography of one of the most outstanding Polish painters, Wojciech Kossak. The book takes the reader into the colorful artistic and social world of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, presenting both the author’s personal experiences and the broad cultural context. A valuable source of information on preparatory work for paintings, especially panoramas, including Panorama Raclawicka. Autobiography first published in 1912, the 1913 edition is the first with illustrations.

A copy in bibliophilic leather binding made in the workshop of the Polish Antiquarian.