Tupy Eugene (2 results)

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; very 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.

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; very 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.