JONES, ALEXANDER (GENERAL EDITOR); DALI, SALAVADOR (ILLUSTRATIONS) (EDITOR)
The Jersusalem Bible
Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, Inc. NONE. 1970. (hardcover) Near fine. xi, 1340, 358 +. Folio. English text. A Catholc Blble, translated from the French Bible de Jérusalem. Included are 73 books: the 39 shared with the Hebrew Bible and the 7 deuterocanonical books that comprise the Old Testament, and the 27 books shared by all Christians as the New Testament. Black leatherette, pink marbled endpapers. The cover font and all edges gilt, boxed. 8 pages of maps and floor plans (black and white as well as colour) at rear. There are also 8 family registry pages at the back that remain blank. Two red satin ribbon book marks, one of which shows a small tear. The box, black leatherette with the titles, in silver, stamped to the top, shows light markings and wear, however, remains sturdy and square. In 1969, Giuseppe Albareto, Dali's friend and publisher, commissioned the artist to paint a series, entiitled the Biblia Sacra. Dali painted 105 paintings. This edition includes full colour reproductions of 32 of those paintings. Illustrations by Salvador Dali.
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Keywords: The Bible, Catholic Church, Collectible Books, Salvador Dali, The Jerusalem Bible