Jakub Deml (1878-1961)

Václav Zykmund (1914-1984)

SEDM BÁSNÍ V PRÓZE. DAR

1951
Book format 4°, 18 × 17.5 cm. Unpaginated, in Czech, typescript by V. Zykmund on Japan paper. Cover and 7 additional full-page illustrations: original ink drawings, most signed and dated "V. Zykmund 51". Soft sewn binding in a paper cover with Zykmund’s handwritten note in pencil: "My order of preference, but you don’t have to respect it!". Dummy of an unrealized poetry collection from the 1940s (originally published under the title Sedm básní v próze in 1948), probably intended for SNKLHU. Cover torn, one gathering split halfway at the spine, edges of leaves frayed and yellowed, text and drawings in good condition. Provenance: collection of Vilém Trmal, Pro Arte, private collection Brno.