František Adolf Šubert (1849-1915)

Karel Liebscher (1851-1906)

ČECHY SPOLEČNOU PRACÍ SPISOVATELŮV A UMĚLCŮ ČESKÝCH, 3 VOLUMES IN 4 BOOKS

1883-1887
Book format 2°, 38,6 × 28 cm. Half-leather bindings with colored, silver, and gold printed decoration, spine with gilt decoration and lettering. The pictorial section was arranged by K. Liebscher. Published by Jan Otto in Prague. Volume I. Šumava. 1883, 268 numbered p., in Czech, illustrations in text, 23 full-page plates. Editor F. A. Šubert. Volume II. Vltava. 1884, 227 numbered p., in Czech, illustrations in text, 16 full-page plates. Edited by F. A. Šubert, co-editor František Adolf Borovský. Volume III. Prague. Part I. The Royal Castle and Hradčany. 1886, 336 numbered p., in Czech, illustrations in text, 9 full-page and 1 double-page plate. Edited by F. A. Šubert and F. A. Borovský. Volume III. Prague. Part II. Malá Strana, Charles Bridge, Old Town, Josefov, New Town, Vyšehrad, Holešovice-Bubny, and the surroundings of Prague. 505 numbered p., in Czech, illustrations in text, 33 full-page and 3 double-page plates. Edited by F. A. Šubert and F. A. Borovský. The individual volumes show only slight signs of wear, such as slightly frayed corners and scuffed edges on the spines and bindings. A representative, richly illustrated popular-educational topographical series published between 1883 and 1908. It featured contributions from leading Czech writers and artists, including, in addition to those mentioned elsewhere, Eliška Krásnohorská, Jaroslav Vrchlický, Teréza Nováková, and Antonín Chittussi. The main editors were successively František Adolf Šubert, František Adolf Borovský, and Alois Jirásek. The series consists of 14 volumes published in 15 books (Volume III, Prague, is divided into two books). Originally, the work was published in booklets.