The Song of Songs: The Honeybee in the Garden
Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2005. Deluxe edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Item #21451 .
ISBN: 082760811X
Small folio. Dark green cloth with the English title on the spine and upper board in gilt, and with a design in blind on the upper board. And with the title and design on the lower board in Hebrew, A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Housed in the publisher's cloth slipcase, similarly titled in English on one side and Hebrew on the other.
Opening from the rear presents 64 full page illuminations prepared by the artist to carry the text. Opening from the front shows the various illuminations with their explanations, as well as the Biblical text in Hebrew and two versions in English.
A fine, bright copy. The slipcase is a trifle sunned and with a bumped corner but is still in very good condition.
Laid into the front is a copy of Illumination 9: "I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys..." This copy is signed and dated (2005) by the artist, and was only available with the deluxe edition.
Price: $150.00