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Old Prague postcards

In working out the conception of the contents and pictorial materials included in prime book, I had the guiding intention of offering postcard collectors a book on Prague postcards which all admirers of old Prague have so far lacked, namely a collection of interesting period material and the opportunity to have a complex and focused look at the historical nucleus of Prague which until 1874 was surrounded by a continuous Baroque fortification.

I would like to emphasize the pioneering character of the chapter authored by Milan degen on Prague postcards in which he draws on his many years of research in this field. The pictorial section of the volume includes reproductions of postcards with pictures from six historical Prague quarters or „towns“, but also one chapter on areas which overlap the border between the old and the New Town.