Pomn nky ve Vínek Nebeský. Úplná Modlitební Kniha
Praze [Prague]: A.J. Cellerina a Syna, Vinohrady, 1884. Gutta-percha. [CZECH LANGUAGE]. Half-title: Pomn nky ve vínek vožský
32mo (4 11/16” x 3 ½”); 376 + [4]pp index; black decorative boards—possibly gutta-percha--featuring Mary in the clouds surrounded by 5 cherubs on front, rear board features a decorative floral and vining design; small brass edge clasp; all edges gilt; gilt-decorated endpapers; chromolithographed frontispiece of St. Anezka [Agnes of Bohemia]; decorative color half-title; sepia lithograph portrait of the author; ownership in neat ink; one engraved illustration of the Virgin; binding cracked but holding; small chip to bottom front board, one page with small bottom corner lacking, very good plus. Two small cards, a prayer, and a four-leaf clover laid in. OCLC lists one copy published later in 1887 at the State Library in the Czech Republic. Scarce. Very good +. Item #1568
Beautiful small Roman Catholic devotional by Father Václav Beneš-T evízský, (1849-1884), a priest and writer of historical novels. Laid in is a small card with a chromolithographed depiction of the Virgin with an infant Christ-child titled, Regina Coeli, printed in German on the verso; a small card with an illustration of the Virgin holding a young Christ and a worshiper titled La Bénédiction, printed in Paris; and a prayer card.
Price: $200.00