Various authors

Antonín Malík (1882-1918)

THREE RELIGIOUS BOOKS IN BINDINGS BY ANTONÍN MALÍK

1912, 1913, 1916
Klement Brentano: Život přesvaté Panny Marie. 538 numbered pages, in Czech, translated from German by P. Matěj Fencl. Title page printed in black and pink, cover design by Karl Schwetz. Illustrated with vignettes from incunabula and by various artists, colored initials. Full parchment binding with black-and-gold decoration, stamped on the rear pastedown with gold embossing: "A. MALÍK - PRAHA"; spine with gold lettering. Published by P. Matěj Fencl in Uhříněves near Prague in 1912 as the first volume of Anna Kateřina Emmerichová život a dílo edition and the fifth volume of Dobré dílo edition, in 540 unnumbered copies. Dedication by Josef Florian to his daughter Eva for her name day in 1926. Damage due to mold. Knihy vidění a zjevení svaté Alžběty Šenavské. Book format 16°, 15.5 × 9 cm. 322 numbered pages, in Czech, translated from Latin by Otto Albert Tichý. Title page and text printed in black and red, designed by Karl Schwetz. Each book begins with reproductions of initials from incunabula. Full leather binding with gold embossing, top edge gilt, spine with two raised bands, in a cardboard slipcase covered with marbled paper. Published by Antonín Ludvík Stříž in Osvětimany, Moravia, in November 1913 as the 11th volume of Dobré dílo, in an unnumbered edition of 350 copies. Lit.: A. Sáňka, České bibliofilské tisky I., p. 63, no. 230. P. Peter Estrate: Život sestry Marie z Ježíše ukřižovaného. Book format 8°, 19.5 × 11.3 cm. XVIII, 278 numbered pages, in Czech, translated by Otto Albert Tichý. Title page printed in red and black. Half-leather binding with marbled paper, embossed and gilded decoration, stamped on the rear pastedown with gold embossing: "A. MALÍK - PRAHA"; spine with five raised bands and gold lettering, in a cardboard slipcase. Published by Antonín Ludvík Stříž in Stará Říše, Moravia, in January 1916 as the 27th volume of Dobré dílo, in an edition of 800 copies. Binding slightly worn, minor stains on some pages.