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 COVERING SINGLE HALF-HALD Epoch with embossing and gilt, MARMORIZED CARDBOARD
condition DB/ rubbing of bindings, occasional rust spots, few pages with discoloration, one folder loose
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