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Collection: The Word Embodied: Scripture as Creative Inspiration in Twentieth-Century Book Arts
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Prothro B-280
This printing of Genesis conveys the "eternalness of the text" through the font and paper type. There are simple wood engravings throughout.
10329
One of 500 copies. Decorated initials.
27439
Copy D of 10 vellum prints (A-J). This edition uses David Jones' (1895–1974) wood engravings.
Prothro B-453
Copy 71 of 150. This 1968 edition of The Song of Solomon comprises thirty original silkscreen prints.
10600
Modernized spelling of text selected from the King James 1611 translation.
BRA1614 Oversize
Copy 109 of 400 printed on custom paper from Zerkall Paper Mill. Only 20th century Bible where the Old and New Testaments are illustrated by a single artist, Barry Moser.
BRF0228
Copy 19 of 200. Fine press catalog of the exhibition from Bridwell Library.
12145
Copy 97 of 200. Psalms 1, 23, 121, 128, and 150 are illustrated with silkscreen.
27253
Copy 189 of 200. Wood engraved initals. Full-page wood engravings for title page and frontispiece. Other wood engravings throughout.
10695
Copy 75 of 110 and has an original drawing bound into the front. The production of this book took several years to complete due to the detail and complexity of the prints.
BRA2090 Oversize
One of 200 copies. Similar to the Doves Bible, this lectern edition relied upon type and page design to achieve a balance of legibility and beauty.
00403
Copy 156 of 250. Printed in the layout of the Doves Press Bible with illustrations that portray the symbolic imagery of the text.
10394
Printed by Cobden-Sanderson in a new, proprietary type, this Bible highlights their focus on art through layout and letterform.
12072
Copy 25 of 285. Illustrations were printed from original wood blocks engraved by Stefan Martin. David Soshensky did a full-page calligraphy title.
Prothro B-199
Copy J of the 26 (A-Z) on Arches Grand Vellin, out of a total of 240. Handwritten and illustrated by Ben Shahn, with silkscreen for the gold letterings on the title page.
32351
Copy 11 of 40. Bernard Alan Solomon (1946-1995) wanted to produce an edition of the Song of Songs that could be understood from the images.
12138
Copy 207 of 250. Fourteen-color lithographs with French text from the Sainte Bible (1672).
29630 Oversize
Copy 145 of 250. Illustrations were printed using offset lithography in four colors on alumnium-lined paper.
AFJ0790
Copy 16 of 125. Another work by the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Flemington, New Jersey. There are hand illuminated initals throughout.
30016
Copy 33 of 100 printed. Genesis I-III with watercolor artwork.
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