GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS – The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Authorized Version of King James I. Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931.
Limited edition, number 354 of 488 paper copies, of an edition of 500. ‘Conceived in the fruitful 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 78).
Folio (331 x 235mm). 65 wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill. Original white half pigskin over cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (cloth darkened at head, somewhat spotted).
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS – The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Authorized Version of King James I. Waltham St. Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1931.
Limited edition, number 354 of 488 paper copies, of an edition of 500. ‘Conceived in the fruitful 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 78).
Folio (331 x 235mm). 65 wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill. Original white half pigskin over cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (cloth darkened at head, somewhat spotted).
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