Petr Bezruč (1867-1958)

Jindřich Svoboda (1909-2001)

SLEZSKÉ PÍSNĚ

1937
Book format 8°, 21x14,5 cm. 178 numbered pages, in Czech. Leather binding with embossed motif of a Silesian eagle, marked by Jindřich Svoboda, spine with gold letters. Title page printed in black and red, with a woodcut by Oto Petr. Without cover. Issued in 1937 in Brno. 400 numbered copies, special edition on special paper. Copy no. 294. Text with author`s corrections. With handwritten poem Dvě děvuchy with signature of Petr Bezruč and date 20. VI. 1948. Signed in pencil by the binder on the back endsheet "Vázal J. Svoboda 1952". Slightly faded color of the spine, otherwise excellent condition. In a cardboard case. Binding published in: Dagmar Halasová, Knižní vazby Jindřicha Svobody (exhibition catalogue), The Moravian Gallery in Brno 1977, picture no. 133. From the inheritance of Stanislav Gajdošík