Editore: Prague: Nakladatelstvi Kratochvi, 1919-1923, 1923
Da: Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Folio, 20 x 13-3/4 inches, 88pp., 110 tipped-on plates of paintings by Jindrich Hlavin, all loose as issued. A celebratory overview, describing the new Republic of Czechoslovakia. Two essayists celebrate the founding of the republic with sketches of 110 places accompanied by paintings. Elaborate decorated pages with modernist/Cubist Czech motifs. An unusual, splendid production, and very uncommon! Internally fine; text signatures uncut. Cover rubbed, loose hinges. Paper flaps disconnected, in fragments. Original ties complete. Weight about fifteen lbs. Please write for shipping quotes.