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The Five Scrolls.

September 13, 2023 By

The Five Scrolls.
The Five Scrolls.

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Item #46104
The Five Scrolls.
Baskin, Leonder (Illustrator); Herbert Bronstein; Albert Friedlander (Editors).
CCAR Press, ( 1984), New York
36 cm. xiii, 323, (2, etching and colophon) pp. Full page color lithographs, signed limited colored etching.
Price: $400

One of Baskin’s masterworks, This is copy #5 in a limited edition of 175 copies, with a signed limited colored etching. Hebrew test on recto, English translation on verso. “Ecclesiastes,” “Esther,” “Song of Songs,” “Ruth,” and “Lamentations.” Thirty seven color plates plus original colored etching. A monumental piece of publishing. Fine condition, bound in green morocco over boards, with green morocco cover labels, lettering in gilt. With publisher’s slipcase.

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