Mieczyslaw Wallis

Canaletto The Painter of Warsaw

Panstwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, Warsaw, 1954, first English language edition, printed by Drukarnia Narodowa, Krakow

Description and condition:

Decorated boards hardback with dustcover, 8 1/4 by 11 1/2 inch (4to), 37 pp. of text, 4 colour plates, 118 b/w plates.
Former owners numerical notation - possibly private library number - on the half-title and title page. Light edgewear and uneven browning to the endpapers, otherwise very good. Light chipping to dustcover, now protected. All paintings beautifully preserved.

Contents:

Translated from the original Polish by Witold Ostrowski. Monograph on Bernardo Bellotto (1720-1780), called Canalleto the younger, a court painter for the King of Poland Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski. His paintings recorded the features of Warsaw, architecture, street scenes, and Polish society.