Hardcover
1908 · Manes
by Jiranka, Milose
Manes: V. Praze, 1908. Hardcover. G (Aged moderately overall; binding corners are bumped down to cloth; pages are lightly tanned; illus. are nice.). Tan paper decorated boards with gray cloth spine, gilt top edges, 71 pp. of text plus additional plate pages, 74 BW and color illus. Text is in Czech. Considers the life and work of Czech artist and illustrator Hanus Schwaiger (1854-1912). The narrative is interspersed with examples of his work, and then resolves to plate pages. A nice overall view of an artist you may not know. Scarce.
(Inventory #: 154616)