Bohumil Vavroušek – Kostel na dědině a v městečku. 615 Photographs of Czechoslovak Vernacular Church Architecture, 1929

Bohumil Vavroušek – Kostel na dědině a v městečku [The Church in the Village and Small Town]. 615 photographs of vernacular ecclesiastical architecture in Czechoslovakia.Prague: Kvasnička a Hampl, 1929. 4to. 36 pp. of text followed by unpaginated photographic plates containing 615 photographs. Original illustrated cloth binding. Text in Czech, English, French, and German by Zdeněk Wirth. Very good plus condition. An extensive photographic survey of rural and small-town ecclesiastical architecture in interwar Czechoslovakia, compiled by the photographer and ethnographer Bohumil Vavroušek (1875–1939). The volume documents churches, chapels, and other religious buildings, with particular attention to traditional architectural forms and regional building practices. An important photographic record of Czechoslovakia's architectural heritage, including vernacular wooden churches and ecclesiastical structures in regions whose architectural character underwent substantial changes during the twentieth century. With an introduction by the art historian and architectural preservationist Zdeněk Wirth (1878–1961).