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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1989. hardcover. Fine in a Fine suede-lined linen clamshell box with leather label. Jacob Lawrence. Large folio bound in full midnight blue Japanese cotton. Copy #160 of only 400 numbered copies, SIGNED on the colophon by Jacob Lawrence who has contributed 8 ORIGINAL SILKSCREENS to this massive (16" x 22") and truly magnificent work, one of the high points of the press. These silkscreens are identical, except for not being individually signed, to the very few portfolios of 8 prints currently selling for upwards of fifty thousand dollars. According to the publisher, anywhere from 17 to 21 screens were required to bring out the coloring of each illustration, making a total of 144 separate stencils, all of which were destroyed after the strictly limited number of some 400 original sets of prints had been achieved on the fine Whatman paper specified by the Osiris Printing Studio in New York. The text was printed on a heavy handmade paper from Cartiere Enrico Magnani of…
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The First Book of Moses, called Genesis. The King James Version
by (Lawrence, Jacob)
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1989. limited to 400 copies, of which this is number 368, and signed by the artist. With eight full-color silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence inserted throughout. Folio (Approximately 21.75 x 16.25 inches.). Publisher's full purple cloth, front board lettered in gilt. In publisher's black cloth clamshell case, blue gilt morocco lettering label inset on front board. Lawrence, Jacob. limited to 400 copies, of which this is number 368, and signed by the artist. With eight full-color silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence inserted throughout. Folio (Approximately 21.75 x 16.25 inches.).
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- Format/Binding With eight full-color silkscreens by Jacob Lawrence inserted throughout. Folio (Approximately 21.75 x 16.25 inches.)
- Book Condition Used - Publisher's full purple cloth, front board lettered in gilt. In publisher's black cloth clamshell case, blue gilt morocc
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- Edition limited to 400 copies, of which this is number 368, and signed b
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1989
- Keywords Limited Editions Club | Bible | American | African American History
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THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. THE KING JAMES VERSION
by (LAWRENCE, Jacob) BIBLE
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