Catalogue cover design for a pipe and cement goods factory. Designed by Otokar Císař
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50 Examples of Czech Typography from 1908, Typografia

50 examples of Czech typography from Typografia Vol. XIX (1908). Czech commercial printing at the crossroads of Art Nouveau and early modernism, with work by Otokar Císař, Method Kaláb, and Mořic Novotný.

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