ID: 2626
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi: Being the 26th and 27th Chapters of Saint Matthew's Gospel from the Latin Text.
GILL, Eric
Category: Illustrated
Place/Publisher/Date:
Waltham St. Lawrence Golden Cockerel Press.
Description:
Limited edition; 4to; original cream buckram and dust jacket. Edition of 250 copies, this being number 57. Printed in red and black, wood-engraved title vignette and illustrations by Gill. A fine copy, end papers uncut and unopened dust jacket very slightly soiled and frayed at edges and wear to the extremities. Loosely inserted are a group of four wood-engravings from "Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi", comprising St. Mary Magdalen (Physick 349), on japon, inscribed by the artist in lower margin "Evan from Eric"; The Kiss of Judas (351), on wove paper with partial watermark, inscribed by the artist in lower margin "Evan from Eric", spot within image; The Carrying of the Cross (352), on laid paper, initialed by the artist and marked "proof" in lower margin; and an unsigned example of The Crucifixion (353). The wood-engravings come from the collection of Evan Gill, the younger brother and biographer of the artist.
Price £3000.00
