[Rarebooks] FS: THE FOUR GOSPELS beautifully printed and decorated with woodcuts by Emil Rudolf Weiss

[Charles Agvent]

We have recently posted on our home page and elsewhere 175 new Limited 
Editions Club acquisitions including Original Art for some of the books; 
publisher's, office, and proof copies of the books; and books still in 
their original shipping containers, as well as some high points of the 
press.  Here is an example.

BIBLE. THE FOUR GOSPELS: THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW, ST. MARK, 
ST. LUKE AND ST. JOHN. Leipzig: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Octavo 
(7-5/8" x 9-1/2") bound by Fritzsche-Hager of Leipzig in half vellum, 
gold-stamped, with terra-cotta paper sides; 240 pages. Printed by 
Poeschel and Trepte, Leipzig, on handmade paper. Introduction by E. 
Sutherland. Designed and decorated with woodcuts by Emil Rudolf Weiss. 
Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the designer on the colophon 
page, this is one of only 15 Presentation Copies with the publisher's 
blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where the printed 
number "1594" is struck through and the initials "G.M." are handwritten. 
Acquired directly from the publisher's files, and most likely the 
publisher George Macy's very own copy. Just mild toning to the spine. 
Fine in a Fine slipcase. (#016613)        $200.00

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