The First Book of Moses Called Genesis. ('The Book of Genesis' to title page). Now Printed in the Authorised Version, By Permission, and Illustrated after Drawings by F.Cayley Robinson.

Published by London: Philip Lee Warner {Riccardi Press] Publisher to The Medici Society Ltd. MDCCCCXIV [1914)]

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No. 460 of 500 copies on handmade Riccardi paper (12 on vellum), tall 4to. (205x272mm), pp: xv,[i]+88,[2], woodcut Riccardi Press device on final leaf, title page vignette and 10 coloured plates, incl. frontispiece, with captioned tissue guards, after F. Cayley Robinson. In original quarter linen, pale blue paper boards with white title label to spine and front board lettered in black, in blue-grey dustjacket printed to spine & front board, top edge gilt others untrimmed, with silk marker, boards lightly spotted, offset from d/w to endpapers, otherwise sound, tight and very good indeed. A Handsome Copy with Dustjacket in excellent condition. Bible in English, King James Version.Robinson, Frederick Cayley. (1862-1927), In addition to painting, Robinson designed murals, posters and theatre sets, and illustrated a number of books. His stage designs for Maurice Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird, produced at the Haymarket Theatre in London in 1909 were much admired. He studied art in London, Paris and Florence and was much influenced by Edward Burne-Jones.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Book of Moses Called Genesis. ('The Book of Genesis' to title page). Now Printed in the Authorised Version, By Permission, and Illustrated after Drawings by F.Cayley Robinson.
• Publisher: London: Philip Lee Warner {Riccardi Press] Publisher to The Medici Society Ltd. MDCCCCXIV [1914)]
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included