Otakar Nejedlý The French Battle-Fields

Otakar Nejedlý – Francouzská bojiště československých legií / Les champs de bataille de France / The French Battle-Fields / Французскія поля сраженій Prague: issued for the benefit of the Fund of the Czechoslovak Legionnaires’ Association, n.d. [c. 1919]. Large-format illustrated portfolio documenting the French battlefields where the Czechoslovak Legions fought during the First World War. Hardback in illustrated card covers with original ties and linen backstrip. Covers lightly stained. Internally clean, with illustrations bright. 35 × 51 cm oblong, Comprises 6 pages of text and 8 tissue-guarded, numbered colour plates, loose laid within the portfolio. The colour plates, executed in muted sepia and colour tones and print signed by Nejedlý. Depict devastated landscapes and battle sites in France associated with the Czechoslovak Legions. Text printed in four languages, including Czech, English, and French. Issued as a benefit publication in support of Czechoslovak legionary families. Inv. Ho