A LEAF from THE 1611 KING JAMES BIBLE; With “The noblest monument of English prose” by John Livingston Lowes and “The printing of the King James Bible” by Louis I. Newman.
1937. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1937.
Slim folio, [i], xxii, [2] pp., original leaf from Nehemiah chapters 7 and 8 tipped in between pages 16 and 17. Double columns printed in red and black throughout, initials hand-illuminated in red, blue, yellow, and gold. Original quarter cloth, paper backstrip label. Slightly worn and corners bumped.
§ One of 300 copies. “An extremely handsome book which drew praise from both contributing essayists and many Club members, some of whom found in this volume a relief from the Western Americana theme which had predominated in the Club's publications of the past five years.” Magee 51. Item #125140
Price: $600.00
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