The Work of Josef Drahoňovský Signed by artist

DRAHONOVSKÝ, Josef. – BABELON, Jean (předmluva / préface). – ZÍVR, Vladimír (ed.) Dílo Josefa Drahoňovského. Œuvre de Josef Drahoňovský. The Work of Josef Drahoňovský. Werk von Josef Drahoňovský. Prague: Vladimír Žikeš, 1933. First edition. Large 4to (c. 32 × 24 cm). 310 pp. + [2] ll. With 64 full-page plates printed recto only, reproducing Drahoňovský’s glass and medallic works, together with text illustrations and decorated initials in red. With a frontispiece photographic portrait of the artist, signed in blue ink by Josef Drahoňovský. Parallel text in Czech, German, French and English. Publisher's half leather binding, spine with five raised bands and gilt title on a light brown leather label; sides covered with patterned paper. Original printed wrappers bound in. Comprehensive monograph on the Czech sculptor and medalist Jaroslav Drahoňovský (1877–1938), who worked extensively in glass, medals, and applied arts. Introductory essay by Jean Babelon, conservateur au Cabinet des Médailles de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. The high-quality heliogravure plates reproduce Drahoňovský’s works in glass (vases, goblets, sculptural forms) and medals, accompanied by descriptive captions in four languages. Typography by Josef Solar for the Grafická Unie, set in Bodoni types. InvH11ho