Lot 185
Cranach Press.- Canticum Canticorum Salomonis..., one of 200 copies, wood-engraviungs by Eric Gill, Weimar, 1931
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000
Description
Cranach Press.- Canticum Canticorum Salomonis..., number 128 of 200 copies on paper, from an edition limited to 268, designed by Count Harry Kessler, printed in red and black in Jenson Antiqua, 11 wood-engraved illustrations and 18 initials by Eric Gill, 7 full-page, occasional spotting, list of Former Publications from the press loosely inserted (foxed), original vellum-backed boards, spine titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, with the original dust-jacket and slip-case (jacket with spine browned and small splits at joints, case rubbed and browned), tall narrow 8vo, [Weimar, Cranach Press], 1931.
Description
Cranach Press.- Canticum Canticorum Salomonis..., number 128 of 200 copies on paper, from an edition limited to 268, designed by Count Harry Kessler, printed in red and black in Jenson Antiqua, 11 wood-engraved illustrations and 18 initials by Eric Gill, 7 full-page, occasional spotting, list of Former Publications from the press loosely inserted (foxed), original vellum-backed boards, spine titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, with the original dust-jacket and slip-case (jacket with spine browned and small splits at joints, case rubbed and browned), tall narrow 8vo, [Weimar, Cranach Press], 1931.
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