Čestmír and Vlaslav. Illustration of the Dvůr Králové Manuscripts. Old Czech Heroic and Love Songs
In 1857, Mánes began working with the publisher Karel Bellmann, which was to result in a representative illustrated edition modelled on medieval illuminated manuscripts. After two years, however, only a small portion of the drawings was ready for printing. Therefore, in the autumn of 1860 only a torso of the originally intended concept was published, and due to the renewed disputes over the authenticity of the Manuscripts, it did not receive much of a response. The complete edition of Mánes’ work, supplemented by drawings not made into woodcuts, was not published until 1886.
| Author: | Mánes, Josef |
| Title: | Čestmír and Vlaslav. Illustration of the Dvůr Králové Manuscripts. Old Czech Heroic and Love Songs |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Origin: | Jan Bartoš library |
| Licence: | Free license |
