Lariqueza del Bordado Eclesiastico en Checoslovaquia ; El Nino Jesus de Praga
Prague: Sfinx, 1949. Hardcover. Red cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering on blue spine. 70 pp. text, followed by 103 color and bw plates. Good/Fair (Text clean but with a yellow stain on p. 70 and art museum ex-lib. marks of bar code, bookplate, front sticker, and blind stamp/notation. DJ worn at edges, torn in three places (about 1 inch each), and with sticker on front cover). Item #152719
Two long essays in one volume. Text in Spanish. The Wealth of Ecclesiastical Embroidery in Czechoslovakia and The Christ Child of Prague. Each plate annotated. A page of more than 50 errata is included in the back (mostly spelling errors). A good, tight reading copy with excellent plates showing entire embroideries as well as views up close of the delicate stitching and figures.
Price: $35.00