Orpheus in the Underworld

Jacques Offenbach – Orpheus in the Underworld [Orfeus v podsvětí] (Czech edition) Nymburk: Jan Minařík, 1930. 18 × 11 cm. Original wrappers, 83 pp. Czech-language libretto of Offenbach’s burlesque opera in two acts and four scenes, translated/adapted by Bedřich Stein after Hector Crémieux. Issued as Edice “Jamin”, svazek č. 2—the second and final published volume of a projected series of eight. Distinctive cover illustration, apparently an anonymous linocut or woodcut, signed “A,” in bold black-and-white with strong constructivist character. Publisher’s device to rear. . Light wear and toning, else good. Inv. i1