Chimera. Volumes III-X [1901-1907].

Warsaw 1901-1907. editor and publisher Zenon Przesmycki. 19x25 cm, pp. 494, 476, 508, 488, 452, 456, 520, 606, numerous illustrations (including autolithographs (ex-librises) by Antoni Procajłowicz and Tadeusz Rychter in issue 25) and text embellishments, preserved covers of all issues, linen bookbinding. Good condition (rubbing and soiling of the bindings, missing inserts and many graphics, including a lithograph by Jan Stanislawski and an etching by Franciszek Siedlecki with a portrait of Norwid, isolated soiling and tears).

Volumes III-X of Chimera, the most effectively published periodical during the Young Poland period. Among those who published their texts in its pages were Jan Kasprowicz, Antoni Lange, Tadeusz Miciński, Stanisław Przybyszewski, Leopold Staff, Stanisław Wyspiański, Edward Porębowicz, Bolesław Leśmian, Maria Komornicka and Kazimiera Zawistowska. Initially Chimera was published as a monthly, while later it came out irregularly with a circulation of about 600 pieces. Illustrators included Stanisław Dębicki, Marian Wawrzeniecki, Edward Okuń, Józef Mehoffer and Franciszek Wojtala.