Soho [London, England]: The Nonesuch Press, MCMXXIV
Physical Description
[28] pages : 12 illustrations ; 28 cm.
General Note
Printed on outside of double leaf uncut at top.
“The edition is limited to three hundred and seventy-five copies. The cuts are printed from the wood and the text in Rudolf Koch’s Neuland type on Zanders hand-made paper by the Curwen Press for the Nonesuch Press.”
Contents
I. The Void -- II. The Face of the Waters -- III. The Division of the Light from the Darkness -- IV. Creation of the Firmament -- V. The Dry Land Appearing -- VI. Vegetation -- VII. The Sun and the Moon -- VIII. The Stars Also -- IX. The Fish and the Fowl -- X. Cattle and Creeping Thing -- XI. Man and Woman -- XII. Contemplation
Provenance
Pasted to the inside of the solander box lid is a white label on which is printed in blck: "Hunc librum in memoriam dilectissimi sui filii Nicholas Praecociter abrepti dono dedit Peter Coker huiusce academiae socius mcmlxxxvii." Presented to the RA Library by Peter and Vera Coker in memory of their son Nicholas.
Copy Note
Copy number 240 of 375. Numbered on the colophon.
Binding Note
Publisher's black boards lettered at top in gilt and tail with pattern of crosses and stars. Housed in a black solander box. Black type on white spine label titled `Genesis'.