Item #2166 Příbramské Jesličky, Plastické vystřihovánky, Lidové Jesličky z Počatky 19, Století; English: Pribram style Manger, a Folk-crèche from the early 19th century, Stiff paper cut-outs. Jan ČAKA.
Příbramské Jesličky, Plastické vystřihovánky, Lidové Jesličky z Počatky 19, Století; English: Pribram style Manger, a Folk-crèche from the early 19th century, Stiff paper cut-outs
Příbramské Jesličky, Plastické vystřihovánky, Lidové Jesličky z Počatky 19, Století; English: Pribram style Manger, a Folk-crèche from the early 19th century, Stiff paper cut-outs
Příbramské Jesličky, Plastické vystřihovánky, Lidové Jesličky z Počatky 19, Století; English: Pribram style Manger, a Folk-crèche from the early 19th century, Stiff paper cut-outs
Příbramské Jesličky, Plastické vystřihovánky, Lidové Jesličky z Počatky 19, Století; English: Pribram style Manger, a Folk-crèche from the early 19th century, Stiff paper cut-outs
Příbramské Jesličky, Plastické vystřihovánky, Lidové Jesličky z Počatky 19, Století; English: Pribram style Manger, a Folk-crèche from the early 19th century, Stiff paper cut-outs
Příbramské Jesličky, Plastické vystřihovánky, Lidové Jesličky z Počatky 19, Století; English: Pribram style Manger, a Folk-crèche from the early 19th century, Stiff paper cut-outs

Příbramské Jesličky, Plastické vystřihovánky, Lidové Jesličky z Počatky 19, Století; English: Pribram style Manger, a Folk-crèche from the early 19th century, Stiff paper cut-outs

Praze (Prague): Albatros, nakladatelstvi pro děti a mládež (a Children's and YOung People Publisher), 1990. [TOY BOOK] [ACTIVITY BOOK] [JUVENILE]. Folio (13” x 9 ½”); [8] leaves; color pictorial front wrapper showing the completed paper crèche, 2 crèche pieces printed on the rear wrapper; assembly directions printed on the verso front wrapper; 8 leaves printed with numbered and lettered shapes to be cut-out, a diagram of the completed scene is on the first leaf; fine. OCLC locates one copy at the Herder Institute in Germany. A later copy is located at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Item #2166

An unused booklet of color-printed figures to cut-out and stand up to form a crèche in the style found in the early 19th century Czech town of Příbram. The scene features a walled city on a hill with an angel soaring over the church dome. On the first level, a cave houses the Holy Family, and villagers head toward the manager with gifts. Sheep and goats graze on the hill and in front of the manger. Thirty-three numbered figures with self-stands to fold over are ready to be cut-out and placed around the village.

First published in 1970, this is a reprint from 1990 by the same Prague publishing house, Albatros. Albatros was founded in 1949 and continues to be a publisher of children’s and young adult books. The artist, Jan Čaka (1929-2018), was born in Prague but his family was from the town of Příbram in the Bohemian region of the Czech Republic. Čaka worked for a uranium mining company in Příbram as a cartographer, but was involved in Scouting and was a lover of the Czech countryside and nature. He wrote several books but they were prevented from being published and were destroyed by the Communists. His interesting life can be explored on the English portion of the Czech website: poznejpribram dot cz/en.

Price: $175.00

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