Lot 134
Song of Songs – Designed by Izzy Pludwinski – Linocuts by Mordechai Beck
Song of Songs. Linocuts by Mordechai Beck. Designed and published by Izzy Pludwinski, Jerusalem, 2001. Copy no. 180/510.
Song of Songs, designed by the calligrapher Izzy Pludwinski. Accompanied by linocuts by Mordechai Beck. The text is printed in "Shir" font designed by Pludwinski in 1998 "to provide the world with more rhythmic fonts of the Hebrew Alphabet for use in lyric texts". The volumes were bound with hand-made paper, made especially for this book by Esther Cohen and Nathan Keren and are placed in a wooden box of fine quality. Attached is a booklet with translation of the text into English.
The book was printed in two editions limited to 510 copies (Gematria of "Shir"). [10], 35, [7] pp, 34X24 cm. Good condition.
From the collection of Arnie Druck.
