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This is the first Czech translation of the Bhagavad Gita, SIGNED by Janicek on the title page. The title translates as: "God is you! : Link of Ancient Indian Advocates". Rare, especially signed. Rose-colored cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (faded), gilt front board decoration (bright), 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches, 65 pp., frontispiece illustration. Good (edgewear; splits in cloth at spine; pages clean; binding mildly shaken but intact). Machine translation of the Czech Wikipedia entry on Janicek: "Prof. Ing. Rudolf Janicek (April 16, 1904, Jevicko, Austria-Hungary - October 6, 1988, Zelezny Brod, Czechoslovakia) was a secondary school professor of the railway and glass industry in the Czech Republic, an indologist, writer and translator from English, German, Italian, French, and Buddhist works. In his youth he worked in Paris and Milan as a French-Italian journalist. (La Franc Parleur Parisien, La Rivista Italiana delle Calzature). About his Czech poetry translation of the Bhagavadgita, or The Song of the Noble and Old-Hindu Upanisad (the first Czech translation in our country) under the title "You are God!" several Czech and Slovak newspapers were dealt with in 1945. The publisher and the translator have received thousands of letters from all levels of the nation, both from the republic and from abroad, especially from the circles of compatriots in the US. University professor and composer, Dr. Josef Plavec, Bhagavadgit in Janicek's Czech music, and the premiere of this music bible was held on April 22, 1954 in the House of Artists in Prague in the presence of members of the Indian embassy. The ceremonial rag for the same Bhagavadgite was made by Zdenek Zahradnik. "In the Winter Treasure of Treasures of World Culture", organized by Lyra Pragensis, soprano Eva Hrabovska sang for the first time in a church near Martin in the wall in Prague. The organ was played by Zdenek Zahradnik. Translations: Animals and People in Indian Jungles (1926), Mlada fronta, Prague. Stories of a Heroic Pigeon (1936), Vilimek Publishing House Praha. My Elephant Kari (1936), publishing house Vilimek Praha. Bhagavadgíta (1945), J. Jiranek Publishing House, Zelezny Brod, Bhagavadgita (1989 Supraphon), Prague. You are God! link of Ancient Indian Upanishads (1945), publishing house Jiranek, Zelezny Brod. Ramah and Sita (Epos Ramayanam) (1946), publishing house Jiranek, Zelezny Brod. Sister or God? (Sri Ramakrsna) (1946), publisher V. Seba, Prague. The leader of the herd (1946), publisher V. Sheba, Prague. Hunter Ghond (1947), publisher V. Sheba, Prague. Za Kari in the Indian Jungle (1948), Vilimek Praha Publishing House. Light Upanisad (1948), publishing house Jiranek, Zelezny Brod. Stories of Bengal Tiger, State Book Publishing House. Fables and wrecks of old India, Mlada fronta, Prague." (1722RO081). Seller Inventory # 4097
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