Z DEJIN CÉSKEHO KNIHTISK ARSTVÍ

Mladá Boleslav: (Hejda & Zbroj), 1939. clamshell box, label, text loosely inserted. 4to. clamshell box, label, text loosely inserted. 140, (2) pages. (Arno Sáñka IV, 5475). Text in Czech. Preface by Antonina Dolenský. Designed by Josefa Mrkvicky. History of Czech typography, focusing on the 15th to the 17th centuries. Frontispiece depicting text of Chronicles of Troy, one of the earliest known printed works in Czech. Black and white illustrations throughout. Includes index of printers and endnotes. Publisher's announcement laid in. Clamshell box sunned and worn at corners.