Bohuslav Balbín (1621-1688)

Karel Škréta (1610-1674)

MISCELLANEA HISTORICA REGNI BOHEMIAE - BOOK I AND II

1679 and 1680
Book format 4°, 29,5x19 cm. 181 and 100 numbered pages + unpaged indexes, in Latin. Hardcover, binding with labels with gold letters on the spine. Issued by Jiří Černoch in Prague in 1679. Title page of the first book with a copperplate - depiction of Bohemia in a cartouche carried by the imperial eagle and the Bohemian lion, marked "Car. Screta del:" a "S. D. sc:" (Samuel Dvořák the older), p. 176 with unsigned copperplate of a bird, woodcut initials, vignettes. P. 63 in the second book with wrong paging (93). Handwritten annotations on title pages. Scratched binding, partially loose at the beginning, few spots from moisture, slightly affected by insects, otherwise text block in a good condition.