Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus, Son of Sirach 1927, illustrated..


ECCLESIASTICUS OR THE WISDOM OF JESUS, THE SON OF SIRACH.Apocrypha

Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, London, 1927.

First edition.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. VIolet Brunton (illustrator). 1st edition. xviii, [ii] index illus., 165pp. Colour frontis. plate and 15 full-page colour illustrations by Violet Brunton each with a caption titled tissue guard. Introduction by C. Lewis Hind. Fawn/grey boards with black titles and illus. depicting a dragon to the upper left hand corner. Gilt titles t the spine. No inscriptions. Dust jacket, partially torn. Printed at Oxford University Press by John Johnson. Originally the book was published with a black d.j. now rarely found. 28 x 17 cms. Size: 4to.


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