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[HAGGADAH]. SZYK, Arthur (1894-1951, illustrator). The Haggadah. Edited by Cecil Roth. London: Beaconsfield Press, 1939.
Large 4o (280 x 237 mm). Text in Hebrew and English, printed in variously colored inks; 14 full-page and numerous smaller color halftone reproductions of Szyk's drawings including decorative initials, vignettes and border decorations. Original blue crushed morocco elaborately gilt, covers tooled with image of a Hebrew prophet after Szyk, spine gilt in 7 compartments, gilt lettered in two, turn-ins gilt, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, silk doublures printed with a monochromatic illustration of Moses supporting the Ten Commandments; original three-quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 28 May 1974.
LIMITED EDITION, NUMBER 29 OF 125 VELLUM COPIES SIGNED BY SZYK AND ROTH for sale in the British Empire.
Large 4o (280 x 237 mm). Text in Hebrew and English, printed in variously colored inks; 14 full-page and numerous smaller color halftone reproductions of Szyk's drawings including decorative initials, vignettes and border decorations. Original blue crushed morocco elaborately gilt, covers tooled with image of a Hebrew prophet after Szyk, spine gilt in 7 compartments, gilt lettered in two, turn-ins gilt, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, silk doublures printed with a monochromatic illustration of Moses supporting the Ten Commandments; original three-quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: purchased from Seven Gables Bookshop, New York, 28 May 1974.
LIMITED EDITION, NUMBER 29 OF 125 VELLUM COPIES SIGNED BY SZYK AND ROTH for sale in the British Empire.