Various authors

A COLLECTION OF 7 BOOKS IN ARTISTIC BINDINGS

1905-1926
Hardcover leather bindings with embossed or gilded decoration, spines with gold letters, gold edges. Jaromír Borecký: Básníkův kancionál. Láska. Book format 8°, 19,1x10 cm. 94 numbered pages, in Czech. Issued by nakladatelské družstvo Máje in Prague in 1905. Copy no. "10". Cardboard case. Viktor Dyk: Zmoudření Dona Quijota. Book format 12°, 18x12 cm. 136 numbered pages, in Czech. Title page printed in black and red. Edited and illustrated by V. H. Brunner. Issued by Spolek českých bibliofilů in Prague in 1913 in 550 copies. Bound by Ludvík Bradáč in Královské Vinohrady. Rudolf Medek: Dáma ve smutku. Magdalena. Book format 16°, 12,4x7,5 cm. 77 numbered pages, in Czech. Title page printed in black and red. Issued by Ludvík Bradáč in Král. Vinohrady in 1920. Viktor Dyk: Zlý vítr. Book format 16°, 14,5x9,4 cm. 46 numbered pages. Title page printed in red. Decorated by Hana Dostalová. Issued by Arthur Novák in Prague in 1922. Bohuslav Balbín: Obrana jazyka slovanského, zvláště českého. Book format 12°, 17,4x10,5 cm. 134 numbered pages, in Czech., translated by Dr. Josef Dostál. Title page printed in red. Edited by V. H. Brunner. Issued by Družstvo Přátel Studia in Prague in 1923. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre: Paul a Virginie. Book format 16°, 11,8x7,5 cm. 238 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by J. M. Augusta. Title page printed in black and red. Illustrated by F.-L. Francais. Issued by Ludvík Bradáč in Královské Vinohrady in 1925. Handwritten dedication and small watercolour from 1935. Cardboard case. Božena Němcová: Karla. Book format 16°, 13,6x7,9 cm. 92 numbered pages, in Czech. Title page printed in black and red. Decorated by Cyril Bouda. Issued by Erna Janská in Prague in 1926. Bound by Antonín Tvrdý in Prague. Slightly worn bindings, slightly faded spines, otherwise in an excellent condition.