Jaroslav Seifert (1901-1986)

Karel Teige (1900-1951)

SBORNÍK DEVĚTSIL

1922
Book format 8°, 24x16 cm. 202 numbered pages, in Czech, ill. Softcover paper binding. Title page printed in black. Issued in Autumn 1922 in Prague by publishing house Večernice V. Vortel. Edited by J. Seifert and K. Teige. Contributors for example Jaroslav Seifert, Jiří Wolker, Vítězslav Nezval, Jindřich Honzl or Vladislav Vančura. Volume I of edition Devětsil. The anthology focuses on the avant-garde, poetry, visual arts, functionalism, cinematography, architecture, poeticism, and proletarian art. Very good condition, only slightly creased edges of the cover, slightly worn edges of the pages and one bent corner. Publ.: Polana Bregantová, Lenka Bydžovská, Karel Srp, Karel Teige a typografie, Prague 2009, p. 14.