Tupy Eugene (2 results)
More imagesPublished by Prague, Vilém Stastny 1845
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Editio Altera, Bronxville, NY, U.S.A.Editio Altera
Contact seller2-star seller8vo. 258 pp. including chromolithographed title-page finished in gilt and hand colour, (6), (1 integral blank). With lithographed frontispiece and 3 further plates with pink tissue guards. Original giltstamped and blind-embossed black cloth with bronze crucifix on front cover; silver (?) clasp intact. Binding a little rubbed; ve…ry light staining to blank margins of plates, otherwise a very neat and charming copy. Extremely rare first edition of this charming Czech prayerbook, "The Rose of Sion. Catholic Prayerbook for Women and Daughters", with a chromolithographed title-page and four further plates. - The author was a Bohemian monk, Boleslav Jablonksy (1813-81), mainly known for his collections of secular poetry. Here, we find a number of Czech hymns (pp. 183-242), perhaps including some of Jablonksy's own composition, alongside specific prayers to be used by women in times of sickness, death, marriage, childbirth, wealth, and so on. - OCLC records just a handful of copies of any edition of this prayerbook in libraries worldwide, and the earliest recorded is the second edition of 1852.
More imagesPublished by Prague, Vilém Stastny, 1845. 1845
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, AustriaAntiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 536.51
US$ 34.73 shippingShips from Austria to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
8vo. 258 pp. including chromolithographed title-page finished in gilt and hand colour, (6), (1 integral blank). With lithographed frontispiece and 3 further plates with pink tissue guards. Original giltstamped and blind-embossed black cloth with bronze crucifix on front cover; silver (?) clasp intact. Binding a little rubbed; ve…ry light staining to blank margins of plates, otherwise a very neat and charming copy. Extremely rare first edition of this charming Czech prayerbook, "The Rose of Sion. Catholic Prayerbook for Women and Daughters", with a chromolithographed title-page and four further plates. - The author was a Bohemian monk, Boleslav Jablonksy (1813-81), mainly known for his collections of secular poetry. Here, we find a number of Czech hymns (pp. 183-242), perhaps including some of Jablonksy's own composition, alongside specific prayers to be used by women in times of sickness, death, marriage, childbirth, wealth, and so on. - OCLC records just a handful of copies of any edition of this prayerbook in libraries worldwide, and the earliest recorded is the second edition of 1852.
