SZYK, Arthur (1894-1951), illustrator. The Haggadah. Edited by Cecil Roth. London: Beaconsfield Press, 1939.

SZYK, Arthur (1894-1951), illustrator. The Haggadah. Edited by Cecil Roth. London: Beaconsfield Press, 1939.

A very fine limited edition printed on vellum, no. 75 of 125 copies signed by Szyk and Roth for sale in the United States. A fine copy of a sumptuous book, described by The Times as 'a book worthy to be placed among the most beautiful of books that the hand of man has produced.'

Large quarto (280 x 238mm). Text in Hebrew and English, printed in variously coloured inks; 14 full-page and numerous smaller colour halftone reproductions of Szyk's drawings including decorative initials, vignettes and border decorations. Original blue crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, covers elaborately tooled with image of a Hebrew prophet after Szyk, spine gilt in seven compartments, turn-ins gilt, silk doublures printed with a monochromatic illustration of Moses supporting the Ten Commandments; original three-quarter morocco folding case (mild sunning and shelfwear to case).

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