Le Livre d’Esther

by Arthur Szyk

$2,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Szyk, Arthur. No. 165 of 175 copies on Imperial Japan vellum, with plates in two states, from an edition of 950. Text in Hebrew and French. 20 color illustrations 19 are full-page by Arthur Szyk, each preceded by the uncolored state. 1 vols. 8vo 9 x 6 1/2 inches . Full blue levant gilt, spine gilt with inlaid menorah, gilt turn-ins, doublures and flyleaves in blue silk, a.e.g., wrappers preserved, by G.G. Levitzky. Spine

• Binding: Leather

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