The Dead Sea scrolls
Translator:
Vermes, Geza
Illustrator:
Weil, Shraga
Publisher:
Limited Editions Club
Printer:
Westerham Press
Typographer:
Friedlaender, Henri
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
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John
Production date: AD 1969
"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.
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paper
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Printing ink
Photographic paper
Accession number: PB 203-2003
Primary reference Number: 95533
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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