Konstantin Paustovskij (1892-1968)

Jaroslav Šerých (1928-2014)

KOŠÍK SMRKOVÝCH ŠIŠEK

1981
Format 8°, 21.5x15 cm. 29 numbered pp., in Czech. Translated from the Russian original, with a note, by Zdeňka Psůtková. Title page printed in black and red. Adorned with 4 original signed copper engravings by Jaroslav Šerých. Soft sewn binding in the original wrapper with a relief motif and black lettering on the spine. Published by Supraphon in Prague in 1981 as the 18th volume of the bibliophile series Polyhymnia and the 71st publication in the Lyry Pragensis series, in an edition of 200 numbered copies on handmade paper from Velké Losiny, this copy bears no. "162". Below the colophon the signature of J. Šerých and the blind-stamp "LYRA PRAGENSIS". Wrapper with spine torn ca. 1 cm at the bottom, slightly soiled in one spot on the reverse. Very good condition. Provenance: Galerie Moderna.