The Creation

Published by Barbara J. Raheb, Tarzana, CA, 1981

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Tarzana, CA: Barbara J. Raheb, 1981. 72 pp. Approximately 5/8 x 15/16". LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies, this being #51. Black pyroxylin with gilt titles on spine and cover, previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper, marbled endpapers, illustrated, illustrated by Edward Burne-Jones, signed and numbered on the colophon, in fine condition. (Bradbury, Barbara J. Raheb, 281)The illustrations in the book were made for an edition of "Bible Innocentium" which was to have been produced by the Kelmscott Press and would have contained upwards of two hundred pictures. Many were begun, but none quite finished. The designs contained herein have been modified from a horizontal to a vertical format and the book itself is based on a facsimile of the first edition published in 1902 by Longmans Greene & Co., printed by the Chiswick Press. (from the forward by Barbara Raheb).

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Bibliographic details

Title
The Creation
Author
Bible. Old Testament.
Publisher
Barbara J. Raheb, Tarzana, CA
Publication year
1981
Condition
Fine
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Edward Burne-Jones

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