THE HOLY GOSPEL according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
[With a postscript on the woodcuts by Giovanni Mardersteig]. Pp. 370+[2](last colophon), title page wood engraving by Reynolds Stone, plus 114 woodcut text illustrations after illustrations by Bartolomeo di Giovanni (1495); narrow med. 4to; full red morocco, lettered and decorated in gilt, the upper board very faintly marked, spine slightly faded; t.e.g., others uncut; within beige cloth slipcase with decorative border in red, a trifle soiled and scuffed, edges slightly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on the upper pastedown; Officina Bodoni, Verona, 1962. Edition limited to 320numbered copies; this being one of 155 copies for Great Britain. Barr 64. *The text is from the King James version of the Bible. The illustrations are from Epistole & Evangelii & Lectioni vulgari in lingua toschana (Florence, 1495) 'the most considerable single achievement of fifteenth century Florentine book illustration' [Barr p. 68]. They were recut for this edition by Bruno Bramanti (except the last 8, which were cut by his pupil, Italo Zetti, after Bramanti's death in 1957). Item #163385
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