Description
Offered here is a handsome six-book lot from the Czech Zlatoroh: Sbírka ilustrovaných monografií series, published in Prague by Spolek výtvarných umělců Mánes. These compact illustrated monographs have a distinctive matching design and strong early 20th-century Czech cultural appeal.
This lot includes six important Czech historical, literary, musical, and artistic subjects:
* Antonín Dvořák – celebrated Czech composer, with printed facsimile letters and musical manuscript illustrations
* T. G. Masaryk – first president of Czechoslovakia and a central modern Czech political figure
* Jan Žižka – famed Hussite military leader and national historical figure
* Jan Neruda – major Czech writer and literary figure
* Josef Mánes – important Czech painter and illustrator, with art plates
* Josef Dobrovský – influential Czech scholar, philologist, and National Revival figure
The group is especially appealing as a coordinated series lot, combining decorative Czech book design with notable subjects across music, politics, literature, art, and national history. The Dvořák volume includes attractive printed facsimile material, including handwriting and music manuscript pages. The Mánes volume includes illustrated art plates and has an old pressed flower found inside, adding a charming period keepsake element.
Condition: antique books with expected age toning, cover soiling, rubbing, edge and corner wear, spine wear, chipping/fraying to some spine ends, and general shelf wear. Some foldout/facsimile pages show creasing and tears. Printed facsimile pages are illustrations within the books, not original handwritten manuscripts or autographs.
A visually appealing and culturally rich Czech Zlatoroh series grouping, ideal for collectors of Czech history, Czechoslovakia, Dvořák, Masaryk, Mánes, decorative book design, and early 20th-century European illustrated monographs.
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