Canticum Canticorum Salomonis, Quod Hebraice Dicitur Sir Hasirim

DESCRIPTION: Tall narrow octavo (8vo.), 10 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches (262 x 136 mm), 31 pp. No. 107 of 200 copies on paper, total editions of 268 copies. Quarter vellum binding with gilt titling and pink buff paper over boards with vellum tips. Top edge gilt. Printed in red and black in Jenson Antiqua on hand-made Maillol Kessler paper with watermark of the Cranach Press. 11 wood-engraved illustrations (7 full page) and 18 initials by Eric Gill. Text in Latin. Original dust wrapper, all protected with a clear archival Grafix Dura Lar dust wrapper. Custom marbled paper slipcase.____CONDITION: Near fine. Faint (barely discernible) spotting to front free endplate, front pastedown and fore-edge of text block otherwise fine. Paper dust wrapper with browned backstrip and light chipping at edges.____DISCUSSION: Unusually fine, somber wood engravings by Eric Gill. This is one of the three major publications from Count Harry Kessler and the Cranach Press. NOTE: International shipping cost is $35 U.S. dollars.