The Bible Designed to be read as Literature /

Bates, Ernest Sutherland, 1879-1939,

The Bible Designed to be read as Literature / edited and arranged by Ernest Sutherland Bates ; with Old Master drawings. - London : William Heinemann Limited, c - xxxi, 1237 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm 1 box ; 29 x 39 x 11 cm

Bound and housed by Jenni Grey in 2000. "The books are sewn onto a linen and goatskin leather flange ... attached to the spine and board goatskin. The boards are covered in burr walnut veneer with black inlay strips and square onyx cabochons. Lizard skin bands cross the spine of the book. Edges are contoured with acrylic. [Issued in box] covered in stained veneer with inlaid panels of burr walnut and black veneer strips ... Lined with velvet. Patinated brass hinges."--Dealer's description. Each volume signed and dated by Jenni Grey on lower free endpaper.

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Bible as literature.
Artists' books--England--Brighton.


Artists' books--England--Brighton.
Artists' books--2000.

BS535 / .B327 1957

220.5209 / BIB