Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Eric Chaim Kline, Bookseller

Shir Ha-Shirim (Song of Songs) [HEBREW ONLY]

Jerusalem: Shulamit, n.d. [ca. 1948]. Reprint. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated (28 double-sided Leaves). Custom full orange morocco binding with debossed blind-stamped insignia and lettering on the front cover, gilt lettering on the spine. Sumptuous gold silk moire endpapers. A later edition of this work from acclaimed Israeli artist Zee'v Raban (1890-1970), illustrating the biblical book Song of Songs. Originally issued in 1923, and produced at the famous Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem, the work displays Raban's noted and evocative style combining art nouveau and orientalist elements. The work is comprised of a total of 26 tipped-in reproductions after color images by Raban showing scenes from the biblical text, all finely accented in gold and silver and mounted on heavy stock paper. The facing pages of each plate contain the biblical text in brown, with detailed and elaborate decorative borders. All text in Hebrew. A luxurious copy of a gorgeous work from one of the pioneering figures of Israeli art.

Binding with some light rubbing to extremities. A few pages throughout contain minor damp stains, and/or smudges, mostly in the margins. Rear endpaper with a few light stains. Images throughout clean and bright. Binding in very good, interior in very good+ condition overall. vg to vg+. Item #50372

Hebrew title: שיר השירים
Author: רבן, זאב
Publication: ירושלים, שולמית.

Price: $950.00

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