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Canticum Canticorum Salomonis Quod Hebraice Dicitur SIR HASIRIM
by Gill, Eric (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Quarter vellum and gilt lettered tan parchment boards. Fine in fine plain wrapper in matching fine board slipcase
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Weimar: Count Harry Kessler at the Cranach Press, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter vellum and gilt lettered tan parchment boards. Fine in fine plain wrapper in matching fine board slipcase. 31 pages, 26 x 13.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 180 of 200 designed by Count Harry Kessler: printed in red and black in Jenson Antiqua on hand-made Maillol Kessler paper with watermark of the Cranach Press. 11 wood engraved illustrations (seven are full page) and 18 initials by Eric Gill. Laid-in, "Former Publications Of The Cranach Press." which lists three tittles -- The Ecologues of Virgil, Hamlet & The Duinese Elegies. An almost as new copy save for a few small toned fore-edge spots. THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK. 121. EVAN GILL 284.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23238
- Title
- Canticum Canticorum Salomonis Quod Hebraice Dicitur SIR HASIRIM
- Author
- Gill, Eric (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Quarter vellum and gilt lettered tan parchment boards. Fine in fine plain wrapper in matching fine board slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Count Harry Kessler at the Cranach Press
- Place of Publication
- Weimar
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press; Printing;
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Biblio member since 2008
ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America & International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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