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an old book with a blue ribbon on it sitting on a tablethe front cover of a book with a black and white image of a womandrawing of a woman in a dress and hat with a man standing in front of a buildingdrawing of a woman in a dress holding a vase with a bird on it
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160 - NEZVAL (Vítězslav). *Sexuální nocturno* (*Sexual Nocturne*).
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Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
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Description
NEZVAL (Vítězslav). *Sexuální nocturno* (*Sexual Nocturne*). Prague, 1931. In-12, loose-leaf. First edition, illustrated with 10 erotic collages by Jindrich Styrsky, printed separately from the text. Printed in a run of 138 copies; this copy is bound in imitation Japanese paper. A fellow traveller of Vítězslav Nezval within the Prague avant-garde, Jindřich Štyrský (1899–1942) contributed, through his illustrations and visual experiments, to the rise of Czechoslovak Surrealism in the 1930s.
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About the sale Eros & Thanatos – Selected extracts from the L-D S library
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Auction time 10/07/2026 at 2:00 PM
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