Jonah, Judith, Ruth. Three Stories from the Old Testament

1984. Greenbrae, CA: Allen Press, 1984.

8vo, 50 pp. With three full-page black & white illustrations by Michèle Forgeois. Text is printed in brown and orange, with headings in the characters of ancient Middle Eastern languages (Sumerian, Jacobites, and Hebrew), printed in colors. Signatures unbound, as issued, in gilt-stamped brown wrappers. Housed in a gilt-stamped orange cloth drop-back box. A fine copy with the original prospectus laid in.

§ One of 140 copies. The 50th book of the Allen Press, who write in the prospectus: "We believe this edition exemplifies our raison d'être: significant text, superlative materials, and illustrations by a noted artist - all combined by meticulous hand-craftsmanship." We agree.

"The Book of Jonah, and Ruth, written probably in the third century B.C., are in the realm of protest literature, and are considered to be among the noblest expressions in the Old Testament of the universality of religion. And Judith, written in the second century is a famous tale which has been celebrated in innumerable paintings and literary passages. Each story is illustrated by a stunning full-page sculptural drawing by Michèle Forgeois, the gifted official artist of the French government." (Prospectus). (Inventory #: 126723)