ECCLESIASTES OR THE PREACHER Ben Shahn Scarce Dust Jacket Bible Scripture Hebrew
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Ecclesiastes or The Preacher by Ben Shahn, with Scarce Dust Jacket — Bible Scripture Hebrew 1971 HC
Publisher: Orion Press Book, New York (1971)
Ecclesiastes or The Preacher, written and illustrated by Ben Shanhan in 1971 with scarce dust jacket. The boards and binding are solid and tight. Stain to back board and corresponding blank page. The pages are crisp and clean with beautiful illustrations in excellent condition save the above mentioned. The dust jacket is crisp and clean save for a stain and wear to back side of inside portion of rear jacket. A wonderful book written and illustrated by a well known Jewish artist.
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This is a brilliant reproduction of one of the most beautiful deluxe
limited editions produced in our time. Fascinated since early childhood
by the wisdom and beauty of the language of The Book of Ecclesiastes, Ben
Shahn, the great contemporary artist, embarked upon the task of
recreating this biblical masterpiece in pictorial terms. Himself a
master calligrapher, Shahn lovingly copied the text by hand, decorated
each of the twelve chapter headings from the Hebrew, and embellished the
work with eight breathtakingly beautiful watercolors, which are surely
among his most profound and deeply felt illustrations. The whole book is
a continuous delight. (Amazon)