614. Vermes, Geza, translator
The Dead Sea Scrolls

Illustrated by Shraga Weil.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1966
Limited Edition. Imperial Octavo. 300 pp.

Limited Edition. The illustrations, created in Irseal by Shraga Weil, consist of sixteen scenes in color, of which eight are double spreads and eight single-page, as well as twelve in-text line drawings. The book was designed in Jerusalem by Henri Friedlaender. The type is 14-point English Monotype Joanna with three points of leading; headings were set in Albertus. The text was composed and printed as the Westerham Press in Westerham, Kent, England. The paper is a rag shag, St. Paul's Cray, specially made for this edition by Hale of London. The shelfback is covered with a tangerine-color leather in levant grain, titled in gold, and the boards are covered with an imported natural linen, stamped with a drawing by Weil.

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Condition: Fine