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Lot 121
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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[SOBOTA, Jan (1939-2012), binder, his copy]. AUGUSTA, Josef (1903-1968). Divy Prasveta. Prague: Touzimsky & Moravec, 1942.
8vo. BOUND BY JAN SOBOTA: Contemporary cuir-ciselé design of mythical horned beast on tan calf, lower cover with cuir-ciselé design depicting an animal beneath a tree, title cut in to spine; leather chemise; leather slipcase (light rubbing to extremities).
Jan Sobota was a Czechoslovakian book-binder renowned for his playful designs and sculptural bookbindings which would earn him the title of "Meister der Einbandkunst" in Germany.