[Rarebooks] FS: Memorial Portfolio for Czech Poet

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

(Vrchlicky, Jaroslav, pseudonym of Emil Frida). JAROSLAV VRCHLICKY 
MRTEV! [CAPTION TITLE]. Praha [Prague]: Vydal  Portrenti ustav J. 
Ptacek, [1912]. 8 pp. Illus. with 6 b/w photos. Folio. Six loose red 
leaves with mounted photographs  laid into a folded, printed sheet 
within a tan printed portfolio. 

Jaroslav Vrchlicky (1853-1912) was one of  Czechoslovakia greatest 
lyric poets, though his output also included plays, essays, epic 
poetry, and a significant amount  of translations from numerous 
languages, introducing some of the world's greatest literature 
-including Dante, Goethe,  Shelley, Baudelaire, Poe, and Whitman- to 
Czech readers. This memorial portfolio Includes six mounted 
photographs  including two late portraits, the funeral procession, 
the memorial, plus a short printed eulogy. Scarce. None shown in 
OCLC or major European Libraries including that of the Czech 
Republic. Portfolio soiled else very good.   [36116]  $250.00

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Kaaterskill Books
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