[SEMKOWICZ Aleksander] Bindings of books by Aleksander Semkowicz made between January and May 1928 [Lviv 1928] [binding by A. Semkowicz of Lviv].

SEMKOWICZ Aleksander] Bindings of books by Aleksander Semkovich made between January and May 1928 [Lviv 1928] [binding by A. Semkovich of Lviv].

S. [109]-121, [3], [30] pages of plates : photographs. H. 20.7 cm. Decorative cardboard binding, covered with hand-tinted paper, prepared by Aleksander Semkowicz. Paper signboard with titlepage on the front. Exlibris of A. Semkowicz ("The Mickiewicz Library of Aleksander Semkowicz Lwowianin"), designed by Rudolf Mękicki (print in cyncotype). Preserved original brochure cover.
Front pastedown with minor pen scratch and light foxing (also rear). Rubbing of the binding. Otherwise nice condition.

An edition of only 25 copies. (!). Published as an overprint from the Lviv Book Exhibition catalog.

Aleksander Semkowicz (1885-1954) - bookbinder, bibliographer, lover and researcher of Adam Mickiewicz's works, senator in the Second Republic. He initiated the creation of the Adam Mickiewicz Museum of Literature in Warsaw, and was its first director in 1950-1954.