Genesis
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996.
Translated from the Hebrew by Robert Alter. Original two-color frontispiece etching by Michael Mazur, signed by the artist. Original purple handmade paper wrappers, purple cloth chemise and slipcase. Largo folio, printed in red and black on handmade paper. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996. Slipcase is just a bit faded, else a fine copy.
No. 25 of 200 copies, signed by the translator at the foot of the colophon. "Designed as a large folio, the Arion edition is a typographic monument that balances the Hebrew and English texts on facing pages. Robert Alter's translation of Genesis is an experiment in re-presenting the Bible--and, above all, biblical narrative prose--in a language that conveys with some precision the semantic nuances and the lively orchestration of literary effects of the Hebrew and at the same time has stylistic and rhythmic integrity as literary English" (Prospectus).
Illustrator: Michael Mazur
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine / Fine
Language: English
Price: $1,200.00
Item #328217