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1965 · D9055 — Prague: Artia 1965. Number 163 from an unspecified press run. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Orange cloth; dust jacket; publisher's pictorial slipcase; square 4to; pp. 73 3 with full-color full-page illustrations facing musical scores; plus a book of lyrics and a vinyl record 33 in sleeve inside rear board. Spine tips lightly rubbed; bottom corner bumped resulting in slight wrinkle throughout text block; a few tiny specks of soiling along edges of text block nowhere infringing into the margins or text itself. Dust jacket lightly wrinkled and scuffed along the edges; some bubbling in the laminate on rear panel and along joints. Slipcase is chipped bumped and worn -- but presentable. Contents text block book of lyrics record are fine. An excellent copy of this rich look at Latin Hymns of the Bohemian Gothic and Renaissance Periods with full-color reproductions from a Czech illuminated manuscript and introduction in German English and French. <br/><br/> Artia hardcover books