Ex Libris: 15 Medirytin a Drevorytu (Bookplates: 15 Copperplate Engravings and Woodcuts)
Brno: Karel Novotny and Uh. Hradisti, 1925.
First edition. Signed by Helena Bochorakova-Dittrichova in pencil on the inner sleeve; copy #6 of 150. Fifteen designs for bookplates by the Czech artist, known for her pioneering graphic novels. Each bookplate design is mounted on loose green paper sheets, which are housed in plain wraps (serving as title page, introduction, and colophon) inside gray outer wraps. Contents Near Fine. Fragile outer gray wraps are worn along edges and a little sunned, archival mending tissue repair to verso of one fold, penciled checkmarks to list of contents. A rare collection of engravings and woodcuts by the artist best-known for her graphic novel in woodcuts Z meho. Item #140947634
Price: $2,500