Abstract
The author discusses issues pertaining to the movement connected with the revival of the art of printing on Polish lands, which resulted in the inception of so-called “beautiful book”. Its emergence has its roots in Western Europe (the Pre- -Raphaelites and William Morris) and is related to thriving Art Nouveau. The article emphasizes artistic and socio-political factors which affected the movement on Polish lands. In addition, the author stresses its primary features, which were visible in Poland, and highlights the involvement of distinguished contemporary artists such as Stanislaw Wyspianski, Jozef Mehoffer, Stanislaw Debicki, Edward Okun, Stanislaw Turbia-Krzysztalowicz, Antoni Procajlowicz or Jan Bukowski, a prominent, yet forgotten artist of book. Furthermore, the article presents opinions expressed by Polish theoreticians of printing who combined the idea of “beautiful book” with a new work of applied art.
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