GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS -- The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Authorized Version of King James I. Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. 2°. Wood-engraved initials, decorations and illustrations by Eric Gill some full-page. Original half white pigskin gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt with raised bands, top edges gilt, others uncut, slipcase. ONE OF 500 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 400 OF 488 COPIES ON BATCHELOR HAND-MADE PAPER. Chanticleer 78; Gill, Corey & Mackenzie Eric Gill 285(b). "Conceived in the mind of Robert Gibbings this is the Golden Cockerel book usually compared with the Doves Bible and the Kelmscott Chaucer. A flower among the best products of English romantic genius, it is also surely, thanks to its illustrator, Eric Gill the book among all books in which Roman type has been best mated with any kind of illustration ..." ( Chanticleer ).
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS -- The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Authorized Version of King James I. Waltham St. Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. 2°. Wood-engraved initials, decorations and illustrations by Eric Gill some full-page. Original half white pigskin gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt with raised bands, top edges gilt, others uncut, slipcase. ONE OF 500 COPIES, THIS NUMBER 400 OF 488 COPIES ON BATCHELOR HAND-MADE PAPER. Chanticleer 78; Gill, Corey & Mackenzie Eric Gill 285(b). "Conceived in the mind of Robert Gibbings this is the Golden Cockerel book usually compared with the Doves Bible and the Kelmscott Chaucer. A flower among the best products of English romantic genius, it is also surely, thanks to its illustrator, Eric Gill the book among all books in which Roman type has been best mated with any kind of illustration ..." ( Chanticleer ).
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