Description
FIRST EDITION of this heroic novel translated by Count Wodzinski and Bronisław Kozakiewicz.
ONE OF 10 NUMBERED COPIES ON JAPON after 5 copies on Chine and before 30 copies on Hollande.
Frontispiece illustrated with armour from Houzard cuirassé, Jean Krétuski's regiment supplied by Henry Sienkiewicz.
A fine copy bound in the period by Paul Affolter.
Paris,Revue Blanche,1901.In-8, Bound,130 x 190 mm,718 [2] pp.
Half chocolate brown morocco with corners signed P. Affolter. Smooth spine richly decorated with gilt fillets, friezes, frames and fleurons. Cover and spine preserved, bookmark. Corners slightly dulled.