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Altenberg Publishing ((ポーランド語:Wydawnictwo Altenberga)) was a Polish publishing house active from 1880 until 1934; first, in the partitioned and later in sovereign Poland. It specialized in publishing high-quality book prints and illustrated albums. ==History== The Altenberg Publishing was founded by Herman Altenberg, born in 1848. Altenberg, together with Maurice Robitschki led the Warsaw bookstore with small painting gallery in the years 1872–1879. They were the first in Poland to sell color reproductions of paintings. Altenberg moved to Lwów (now Lviv) in 1880, where he purchased the bookstore with a book rental. The same year, he commissioned painter Michał Elwiro Andriolli to produce a series of illustrations for his edition of Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz.〔Originally, some illustrations to the popular Pan Tadeusz were produced by painter Juliusz Kossak, but they were lost, before they could be published. 〕 The epic poem by Mickiewicz was originally published by Altenberg in monthly brochures and then published in full in 1882 (second edition in a smaller format was adopted in 1921). He had designed the book as a refined album with vignettes and 24 full-page illustrations, including ornamental initials and interludes – which brought the number of illustrations to a total of 58 drawings. Although exclusively released as Altenberg's limited edition, prints by Andriolli have not been well received by the critics due to preconceived notions about the poem itself. Herman Altenberg besides other classics of Polish literature published also the ''Fables'' (''Bajeczki'') by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski with illustrations by Andriolli, as well as ''Mohorta'' by Wincenty Pol with illustrations by Juliusz Kossak. Altenberg was the initiator of a new series called the Polish Classics Library (1882–1909) in which Jan Kochanowski and Stanisław Trembecki were published, and, the Amateur Theatres Library series. He first introduced in Galicia the system of selling books through agents. After Herman Altenberg's death in 1885 the company was successfully run by his wife, Zuzanna (Susan) née Eber (1851–1921) together with Władysław Bałz. They had published such classics as the ''Songs of the Legions'' by Józef Wybicki (author of Poland's national anthem) with illustrations by Kossak as well as ''Ballady i romanse'' (''Ballads and Romances'') collection of widely popular poems by Mickiewicz edited by Ludwik Finkel with illustrations by Andriolli. In 1894, they released the actual illustrated catalog of the books published by Altenberg Publishing for the purpose of sales and promotion. In 1896, the Altenberg Publishing issued a poetic drama ''Dziady'' by Mickiewicz, considered one of the great works of European Romanticism. It was the first deluxe edition of ''Dziady'' (''Forefathers' Eve'') illustrated with engravings by Czesław Borys Jankowski, and edited by Wilhelm Bruchnalski.〔Ewa B. Tłuczek, Renata M. Zając, ( Lwowskie książki i czasopisma. ) ''Bibliofilstwo i kolekcjonerstwo''. "Konspekt", Kraków. Retrieved September 9, 2012. 〕 Within a few years, the Altenberg Publishing run by Zuzanna, received a license to operate bookstores in several different cities including Krynica, Brody, Drohobycz, Jarosław, Rawa Ruska, and Sambor. Zuzanna Altenberg led the company until 1897, when her son Alfred took over the family business. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Altenberg Publishing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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