Lot 177
Marie Čermínová - Toyen (1902 - 1980) SONG OF SONGS

22 x 12,5 cm (h x w)

Starting price
18 000 CZK
   |   720 €
Price realized
21 000 CZK
   |   840 €
price without premium
Jan B. Čapek put the Song of Songs to verse based on the Kralice Bible translation and using Bertrand's French version. Published as the first volume of the "Lis Knihomilův" edition by František Jan Müller, who designed, laid out and printed the book on a manual press. Contains four hand-colored drawings by Toyen. 80 retail copies numbered during manual printing, 25 marked as gifts. Printed on Japanese Takasago paper. This copy is numbered 33.

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