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The Haggadah, executed by Arthur Szyk.
Edited by Cecil Roth.
London, Beaconsfield Press, 1939, 28 x 23 cm.
[59 leaves] (The introduction with a seperate pagination).
Printed on vellum on one side only.
Number 65 of a limited edition of 125, for sale in the United States of America, signed by the artist and the editor. English text in Plantin type, Hebrew text in calligraphic plates with an introduction by Cecil Roth, 114 printed pages with 48 in full colour, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in blue levant morocco, both covers and spine are decorated in gold from designs specially made for the publication by Arthur Szyk himself. Inset in the doublures at either end are exquisitely printed silk panels. In a half-morocco case, lined with velvet and lettered and decorated in gold. Surface of case stained and soiled. Otherwise fine copy.
See illustration
Edited by Cecil Roth.
London, Beaconsfield Press, 1939, 28 x 23 cm.
[59 leaves] (The introduction with a seperate pagination).
Printed on vellum on one side only.
Number 65 of a limited edition of 125, for sale in the United States of America, signed by the artist and the editor. English text in Plantin type, Hebrew text in calligraphic plates with an introduction by Cecil Roth, 114 printed pages with 48 in full colour, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in blue levant morocco, both covers and spine are decorated in gold from designs specially made for the publication by Arthur Szyk himself. Inset in the doublures at either end are exquisitely printed silk panels. In a half-morocco case, lined with velvet and lettered and decorated in gold. Surface of case stained and soiled. Otherwise fine copy.
See illustration