Petr Bezruč (1867-1958)

Vojtěch Preissig (1873-1944)

SLEZSKÉ PÍSNĚ

1909
Book format 8°, 19,7x12,3 cm. 93 numbered p., in Czech. Title page and initials printed in black and blue-grey. Graphic design and illustrations by V. Preissig: 1 color and 2 black and white woodcuts, title page, initials, vignette, letters. Original softcover full-leather binding (suede) with embossed title, gold upper edge, silk on endsheet. Bound by B. Fischer (not mentioned). Issued by Spolek českých bibliofilů in Prague in 1909 as its 2nd book on special paper Van Gelder Zonen with a watermark "Bezruč" (on title page) in 500 copies, copy no. 1. Handwritten poem with signature of P. Bezruč on vacat page. Provenance: from the collection of MUDr. Jiří Kačer. Publ.: Arno Sáňka, České bibliofilské tisky, Brno 1923, p. 18, no. 7. Very good condition.