KERN LUDWIK JERZY Ferdinand the Magnificent, illustrated by KAZIMIERZ MIKULSKI [EDITION I].

Nasza Księgarnia, WARSAW 1963, p. 104, dimensions 20.5 x 24.5, half cloth hardcover, slight rubbing of cover corners, nice piece. This is the first edition of a classic children's literature item that generations have grown up on. The character of a dog with human characteristics created by Kern and graphically illustrated by Kazimierz Mikulski has entertained children and adults for years. The book has been published many times, screened and translated into more than a dozen languages.

KAZIMIERZ MIKULSKI (born February 10, 1918 in Krakow, died July 27, 1998 there) - painter, stage designer and illustrator. He is regarded as one of the most consistent representatives of Polish metaphorical or even surrealist, poetic painting, saturated with a large load of lyricism.