Bohumil Hrabal (1914-1997)

Jiří Anderle (1936)

LIBEŇSKÉ ARTIKULE

1994
Size 4°, 30 × 21.5 cm, 32 numbered pages, in Czech. Title page printed in black. 10 loose leaves. Graphically accompanied by 10 etchings by Jiří Anderle. From previously unpublished texts by Bohumil Hrabal, issued by Ivan Hrdina on the occasion of the author’s eightieth birthday. For printing, offcuts of copper plates were used, originally employed by master tinsmith Josef Veselý in 1987–1988 to cover the roof of Jiří Anderle’s house in Prague; traces of his work are visible on the graphic sheets. The etchings were printed by Pavel and Milan Dřímal. Edition of 100 numbered copies on handmade paper from Velké Losiny; this copy numbered 57. The sheets are preserved in a paper wrapper with blindstamp “HRABAL ANDERLE”. Excellent condition.