The book of Job : from the translation prepared at Cambridge in 1611 for King James I / with a preface by Mary Ellen Chase ; and illustrations by Arthur Szyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chase, Mary Ellen, 1887-1973, author of preface.

Contributor:

Szyk, Arthur, 1894-1951, illustrator.

Heritage Press (New York, N.Y.), publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Bible. Job. English. Authorized. 1946.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Bible. Job--Illustrations.

Bible.

Bible. Job.

Bible. Job--English--Versions.

Local Subjects:

Bible. Job--English--Versions.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Publishers' cloth bindings.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Bodoni.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Physical Description:

148 pages, [8] eaves of plates : mounted color illustrations ; 29 cm

Other Title:

Job

Place of Publication:

New York : Heritage Press, 1946.

Language Note:

In English: translated from Hebrew.

Notes:

Title-page printed in red and black; colored initials.

"The special contents of this edition are copyright, 1946, by the George Macy Companies, Inc."--verso of title page.

Type: Bodoni.--from the Heritage Club 'Sandglass' Number 16K

Issued in a slipcase.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copies have an issue of the monthly magazine of the Heritage Club (Sandglass Number 16K) laid in.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy: Heritage Club 58 is without slipcase.

OCLC:

1515142