[CZECH POST-WAR SURREALISM - LACOSTE GROUP] Merlin ars - Ars Merlina - Merlin. Lacoste separat 5

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Seller: Penka Rare Books and Archives, ILAB, Berlin, GermanyPenka Rare Books and Archives, ILAB

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[Brno]: self-published, [1968]. Octavo (21.8 × 14.2 cm). Letter-press printed black wrappers (in gold); eight leaves of original etchings, with calques; each signed, numbered, and labeled by the artists in pencil. With a typewritten introductory text in French and Czech. Signed and inscribed to a co-founder of the Lacoste Group of Czechoslovak surrealists, Arno?t Budík. Very good. Rare bibliophile edition of eight original etchings by Ji?í Havlí?ek and Milada Svozilova. Evidently one of 48 copies, all prints numbered 3/48. "Ce tirage bibliophile concernant les metamorphoes de l'etre legendaire du magicien Merlin, edite par Ji?í Havlí?ek avec Milada Svozilová en fevrier 1968 a Brno, presente prolegomena d'une serie preparee des revues thematiques "MERLIN ARS" dediees a l'art fantasque de Brno et destinees a quelques amis du Fantastique chez nous et a l'etranger." From the private collection/archive of Arno?t Budík. We cannot trace any other copies, nor any other edition from this series ("Lacoste separat"). As of January 2024, not found in KVK, OCLC.…

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[CZECH POST-WAR SURREALISM - LACOSTE GROUP] Merlin ars - Ars Merlina - Merlin. Lacoste separat 5
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Havlí?ek, Ji?í and Milada Svozilova
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Originally established in 2012, Penka Rare Books and Archives specializes in rare books and related materials on art, architecture, visual culture, and the European avant-gardes. A special focus is on Slavic-language and Eastern European materials. Our customers include private collectors, major research libraries, as well as museums in Europe, the United States, and beyond. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the Verband Deutscher Antiquare (VDA), and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).…

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