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The Dead Sea scrolls: PB 203-2003

Object information

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Titles

The Dead Sea scrolls

Maker(s)

Translator: Vermes, Geza
Illustrator: Weil, Shraga
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Printer: Westerham Press
Typographer: Friedlaender, Henri

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Description

Translated, with an introduction and commentaries, by Geza Vermes and illustrated by Shraga Weil.

Photograph glued on back pastedown - either of Henri Friedlaender or Shraga Weil.

241 p. illus. (part col.) 33 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Westerham

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1969

Note

"First published ... 1962. Text revised ... for this edition." "Fifteen hundred copies of this edition ... have been made for the members of The Limited Edition Club from the typographic plan by Henri Friedlaender. The printing had been done by the Westerham Press in Westerham, Kent ... The illustrations have been drawn by Shrage Weil, who here signs [signature] in this copy, number [in m.s.] J.D."--Colophon. Quarter-bound in tangerine levant-grain leather, natural linen sides over boards; gilt-stamped lettering on spine. Issued in slipcase.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Illustrations
Photograph

Materials used in production

Printing ink
Photographic paper

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 203-2003
Primary reference Number: 95533
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 22 June 2012 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "The Dead Sea scrolls" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/95533 Accessed: 2024-11-22 01:02:09

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