GREAT IS PEACE: PEREK HA-SHALOM from the Talmudic Tractate Derekh Eretz Zuta. Annotated by Daniel Sperber, Designed Handwritten and Illuminated by Zvi Narkiss, Managing Director Shimshon Klaus. Anno Pacis.

Sperber, Daniel (editor & translator).

Published by Masada Press, Jerusalem, 1979

About this Item

Lg. folio (16" tall). Unpaginated. With two title pages (one in Hebrew and one in English). Facing pages in English and Hebrew. Each page beautifully ornamented and illuminated in gold, or gold and red. Printed by silk screen. The deluxe Bibliophilic edition limited to 1800 numbered copies, signed on the limitation leaves in both Hebrew and English by Daniel Sperber and Zvi Narkiss. Hand bound in full brown morocco. T.e.g. Housed in the publisher's deluxe olive wood (heavy) slipcase with etched metal label on front panel. Included in the text is a foreword by Menachim Begin signed in facsimile. Loosely tied in at front is a (4)pp. color printed booklet commemorating the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. A copy of this book was presented to the President of the Republic of Egypt Anwar Sadat by the Prime Minister of the State of Israel Menachem Begin at the historic ceremony of the return of El Arish to Egyptian Sovereignty on the 27th of May 1979. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 1474

Bibliographic Details

Title: GREAT IS PEACE: PEREK HA-SHALOM from the ...

Publisher: Masada Press, Jerusalem

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Full morocco

Condition: Fine in fine slipcase

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.